| 词汇 | creole |
| 释义 | creole noun[ C or U ] language specializeduk /ˈkriː.əʊl/ us /ˈkriː.oʊl/ a type of language that developed from a mixture of different languages, and which is now spoken by a group of people as their first language: Kriol is, as the name suggests, a creole language developed from contact between Europeans and indigenous Australians. A creole develops a wider range of words, grammatical structures, and styles than is found in a pidgin. Compare pidginnounspecialized Related words creolization Documents provide evidence that creoles are continuously changing. Pidgins become creoles when they are used by people as a mother-tongue. Many Afro-Caribbean Englishes are creoles. Some historical linguists have hypothesized that English is a creole that originated from contact between Old English and either French or Old Norse, while others argue that English retains too many irregular verbs for this to be plausible. Forms of languages & specialist dialects acrolect argot basilect cant colloquialism demotic jargon jargonistic journalese legalese lingua franca patois pidgin pidginization pidginize plain English psychobabble shibboleth vernacular vernacularly creole adjective[ before noun ] language specializeduk /ˈkriː.əʊl/ us /ˈkriː.oʊl/ used to describe a language that developed from a mixture of different languages, and which is now spoken by a group of people as their first language: Over time, groups of pidgin-speaking children create new creole languages. The language also came into contact with varieties of creole English. This is a community-based study of attitudes towards creole varieties. Bislama is an English-based creole language spoken in Vanuatu. Forms of languages & specialist dialects acrolect argot basilect cant colloquialism demotic jargon jargonistic journalese legalese lingua franca patois pidgin pidginization pidginize plain English psychobabble shibboleth vernacular vernacularly Creole noun uk /ˈkriː.əʊl/ us /ˈkriː.oʊl/ Creolenoun (LANGUAGE)[ C or U ] used as the name of several different creole languages, especially ones that have developed from the mixture of a European language with a language from a different part of the world: She says in Creole that her family is leaving the area. Speaking Creole felt natural to him. Although I didn't speak any Creole, I managed to explain to him what I needed. The information in this guide is available in English, Spanish, and Haitian Creole. I watched a documentary about Jamaican Creole. Seychelles Creole uses "ti" to mark the past tense. Language names Albanian American English American Sign Language Amharic Angrezi Ebonics Fijian Filipino Finno-Ugric Frisian Georgian Mongolian Montenegrin Monégasque Nahua Nahuatl Romany Uzbek Vietnamese Yiddish Creolenoun (PERSON)[ C ] a person who was born in the Caribbean, the southern US, or parts of Central or South America who is related to the first Europeans to live in that part of the world, especially people from France and Spain: He was a first-generation Creole whose father came from a Basque gentry family. [ C ] a mixed-race person who is part of a culture that was formed when people from different parts of the world came together in the same place, often when one country colonized another (= sent people to live in and govern it), especially someone who speaks a creole language: He was a Creole of European and African descent. Both Creoles and Cajuns make dishes such as gumbo and jambalaya. Danzón music quickly gained popularity with middle-class Creoles, Cubans of European descent. The researchers found that the more fluent in French a person was, the more likely they were to identify as being a Creole. Creole adjective (alsocreole)uk /ˈkriː.əʊl/ us /ˈkriː.oʊl/ relating to or typical of people who were born in the Caribbean, the southern US or parts of Central or South America, and are related to the first Europeans who came to live in that part of the world: I love Creole cooking, so hot and spicy. The restaurant plays live creole music some evenings. Compare Cajunadjective The zest of the fruit is widely used in Creole cuisine. She took her stage name from the maiden name of her creole mother. Add breadcrumbs and creole seasoning, and scatter over the pasta mixture. Creole | American DictionaryCreole noun[ C ] us/ˈkri·oʊl/ Creolenoun[C] (LANGUAGE)any of several languages developed in some Caribbean islands that combine African languages and Indian languages with French or Spanish: Creole is one of the official languages of Haiti. Creolenoun[C] (PERSON)a white person who is related to the original group of Spanish or French people who came to the Caribbean or Louisiana, or a person of color from some Caribbean islands who is of mixed African and European origin and who speaks esp. French Creole |
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