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词汇 pidginize
释义 pidginize
verb[ I or T ]
 language specialized(UK usually pidginise)uk /ˈpɪdʒ.ɪ.naɪz/ us /ˈpɪdʒ.ɪ.naɪz/
to become a pidgin(= a type of language that develops when people who do not speak the same language need to communicate with each other, which usually has a simple grammar and vocabulary influenced by several different languages), or to cause a language to develop in this way:
The non-dominant language often pidginizes in its last stages of existence.
A pidginized form of English was used as a lingua franca between South Pacific Islanders and English-speaking colonizers.
English words were borrowed and pidginised.
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Languages may pidginize or creolize to varying degrees.
Pidginized varieties of many European languages arose.
Native speakers used minimalised, pidginised interlanguage forms when talking to non-native speakers.
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