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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

Creole ['krɪol] ['krɪːəul]
  1. 1. noun 原义:克里奥尔人(生于西印度群岛中美洲热带南美洲墨西哥湾沿岸各州的欧洲人后裔
  2. 2. noun [American English] 克里奥尔人的后裔;尤指早期美国路易斯安那州,(尤指)新奥尔良地区的法国殖民者的后裔
  3. 3. noun [American English] 克里奥尔人的后裔;尤指墨西哥湾沿岸各州,(尤指)早期美国得克萨斯州的西班牙殖民者的后裔
  4. 4. noun [American English] 克里奥尔人的后裔;尤指克里奥尔人与黑人所生的混血儿
  5. 5. noun [American English] 克里奥尔语(克里奥尔人所讲的法语)[区别于Cajun]
  6. 6. noun [American English] [Spoken] 美国路易斯安那州人
  7. 7. adjective 克里奥尔人的
  8. 8. adjective 克里奥尔式的法语的,克里奥尔语的
  9. 9. adjective [American English] 佐以西红柿、青胡椒、洋葱调料
    Creole, creole sauce
    西红柿、青胡椒、洋葱调料汁

Collins English-English Dictionary

Creole ['kriːəυl]
  1. 1. n [sometimes not capital] a native-born person of European, esp Spanish, ancestry
  2. 2. n a native-born person of mixed European and African ancestry who speaks a French or Spanish creole
  3. 3. n a native-born Black person as distinguished from one brought from Africa
  4. 4. n (in Louisiana and other Gulf States of the US) a native-born person of French ancestry
  5. 5. n the creolized French spoken in Louisiana, esp in New Orleans
  6. 6. adj of, relating to, or characteristic of any of these peoples

Examples

他讲的是混合语,怪不得听起来有点怪怪的。
He speaks a Creole language. No wonder it sounds strange.

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