Creole
noun/ˈkriːəʊl/
/ˈkriːəʊl/
(also creole)
- [countable] a person who has both European and African ancestors, especially a person who lives in the West Indies
具有欧洲和非洲祖先的人,尤其是居住在西印度群岛的人 - [countable] a person whose ancestors were among the first Europeans who settled in the West Indies or South America, or one of the French or Spanish people who settled in the southern states of the US
克里奥尔人(指首批定居在西印度群岛或南美的欧洲人的后裔,或定居在美国南部诸州的法国人或西班牙人的后裔) - Creole cookery
克里奥尔式烹饪方法
- Creole cookery
- [uncountable, countable] a language formed when a mixture of a European language with a local language (especially an African language spoken by slaves in the West Indies) is spoken as a first language
克里奥尔语(欧洲语言和当地语言的混合语,尤指与西印度群岛奴隶讲的非洲语言的混合语) - Most of the population speak a creole with a French-derived vocabulary.
大多数人讲克里奥尔语,词汇源自法语。 - The two girls were speaking Creole.
两个女孩说的是克里奥尔语。
- Most of the population speak a creole with a French-derived vocabulary.
Word Originfrom French créole, criole, from Spanish criollo, probably from Portuguese crioulo ‘black person born in Brazil’, from criar ‘to breed’, from Latin creare ‘produce, create’.