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单词 metis
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
mé•tis  (mā tēs, -tē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -tis 
    (-tēs, -tēz).USA pronunciation 
  1. Physical Anthropologyany person of mixed ancestry.
  2. Physical Anthropology(cap.) [Canadian.]the offspring of an American Indian and a white person, esp. one of French ancestry.
Also, me•tis. 
  • Late Latin mixtīcius of mixed blood
  • French, Middle French
  • 1810–20

Me•tis  (mētis),USA pronunciation n. [Class. Myth.]
  1. Classicsa Titaness, the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys and the mother of Athena by Zeus. Zeus swallowed Metis, and Athena was born from his head.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Métis /mɛˈtiːs/ n ( pl -tis / -ˈtiːs -ˈtiːz/)
  1. a person of mixed parentage
  2. Canadian the offspring or a descendant of a French Canadian and a North American Indian
Etymology: 19th Century: from French, from Vulgar Latin mixtīcius (unattested) of mixed race; compare mestizo

Métisse /mɛˈtiːs/ fem n
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