pidgin
[ˈpɪdʒən]
n.
(在贸易或交往中形成的不同语种的)混杂语言,事务;
例句:
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The restaurant owner could only speak pidgin English.
餐馆老板只会讲洋泾浜英语。
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I tried to get my message across in my pidgin Italian.
我尝试用我的洋泾浜意大利语表达出我的意思。
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He's at ease speaking pidgin with the factory workers and guys on the docks.
他能轻松自如地用洋泾浜话和工厂工人及码头工人交谈。
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The Angolan slaves...have carried...Portuguese pidgin with them.
来自American Speech
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A wonderful black pidgin, prinked out with more exotic turns of speech.
来自A. Hollinghurst
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It would be interesting to develop a pidgin or creole that dogs could pronounce.
来自SA