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单词 pure-blooded
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pure-bloodedadj.

Brit. /ˌpjʊəˈblʌdᵻd/, /ˌpjɔːˈblʌdᵻd/, U.S. /ˌpjʊ(ə)rˈblədəd/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pure adj., blooded adj.
Etymology: < pure adj. + blooded adj. Compare earlier half-blooded adj., and also full-blooded adj.
Of unmixed ancestry, origin, or descent; pure-bred; = pure blood adj. Also figurative.
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the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > unmixed race > [adjective]
mere1561
pure-blooded1772
full-blooded1784
pure blood1818
full-blood1819
holethnic1876
1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund I. i. vii. 161 Without..omitting to comply with all religious duties like any old and pure-blooded Christian [Sp. como qualquiera Christiano viejo].
1822 J. Morse Rep. to Secretary of War on Indian Affairs ii. 69 The number of pure blooded Indians is extremely small, say fifty or sixty, and is rapidly decreasing.
1886 C. Scott Pract. Sheep-farming 157 Breeding pure-blooded rams for sale.
1892 W. James in Philos. Rev. 1 149 They have quite as little [aptitude] as the pure-blooded philosophers have for discovering particular facts.
1903 Rep. Kansas State Board Agric. 1901–2 II. 63 A quarter of a billion acres of grass, nurturing 10,000,000 head of cattle..can be doubled in value in a single decade, if only pure-blooded sires are used in all the cow herds during this time.
1979 J. Wainwright Home is Hunter iv. 20 Me ma... Pure-blooded Irish.
1999 M. Pendergrast Uncommon Grounds i. ii. 31 Pure-blooded Indians could also become ladinos,..if they adopted Western dress and lifestyles.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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