Pidgin
n. 混杂语言, 混杂行话, 事务
📖 牛津释义
pidgin
n
any of several languages resulting from contact between European traders and local peoples, eg in W Africa and SE Asia, containing elements of the local language(s) and esp English,French or Dutch, and still used for internal communication 洋泾滨语
speak in pidgin 讲洋泾滨话
[attrib 作定语]
pidgin English, ie language derived from English and another language 洋泾滨英语. Cf 参看 creole.
🗣️ 情景例句
How much paint, how many hours of work ...
多少油漆， 多少小时的工作量……
How long will it take you to repair it?
你要多久才能修好它？
Between twelve and eighty years we gradually lose this power;
除在12岁至80岁之间，我们逐渐丧失这种能力。