pidgin

Word family nounpidginizationpidgin

Related topics: Linguistics

pid·gin /ˈpɪdʒɪn/ noun [countableC, uncountableU] → pigeon

1. SLa language that is a mixture of two other languages, which people who do not speak each other’s languages well use to talk to each other 〔两种语言混合在一起的〕混杂语言，洋泾浜语

2. pidgin English/French etc SLEnglish, French etc that is mixed with the words or grammar of another language 洋泾浜英语/法语等

Examples from the Corpus

pidgin• Under certain circumstances, however, children may learn a pidgin as their first language.• As we have already noted, pidgins are generally used by native speakers of other languages as a medium of communication.• There is space here only to summarise very briefly the large amount of research on pidgin and Creole languages.• As children acquire the pidgin, they use it with playmates and other children in their peer group.• Compared to pidgins, a proper language can convey such complicated concepts using relatively few words.

Origin pidgin

(1800-1900) Chinese English business

词汇	pidgin
释义	pidgin Word family nounpidginizationpidgin Related topics: Linguistics pid·gin /ˈpɪdʒɪn/ noun [countableC, uncountableU] → pigeon 1. SLa language that is a mixture of two other languages, which people who do not speak each other’s languages well use to talk to each other 〔两种语言混合在一起的〕混杂语言，洋泾浜语 2. pidgin English/French etc SLEnglish, French etc that is mixed with the words or grammar of another language 洋泾浜英语/法语等 Examples from the Corpus pidgin• Under certain circumstances, however, children may learn a pidgin as their first language.• As we have already noted, pidgins are generally used by native speakers of other languages as a medium of communication.• There is space here only to summarise very briefly the large amount of research on pidgin and Creole languages.• As children acquire the pidgin, they use it with playmates and other children in their peer group.• Compared to pidgins, a proper language can convey such complicated concepts using relatively few words. Origin pidgin (1800-1900) Chinese English business
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