criollo
/kriːˈəʊləʊ/(亦作Criollo)
noun
(pl. -os)
1
- a person from Spanish South or Central America, especially one of pure Spanish descent克里奥尔人(指讲西班牙语的南美洲或中美洲人, 尤指纯西班牙血统的人)。
1.1
- a horse or other domestic animal of a South or Central American breed.(南美或中美洲品种的)克里奥尔马(或其他家畜)。
2
- (亦作criollo tree)a cacao tree of a variety producing thin-shelled beans of high quality(生产薄壳可可豆的)优质可可树。
词源
late 19th cent.:Spanish, literally 'native to the locality' (see CREOLE).