pidgin

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɪ.d͡ʒɪn/    美 /ˈpɪ.d͡ʒən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An amalgamation of two disparate languages, used by two populations having no common language as a lingua franca to communicate with each other, lacking formalized grammar and having a small, utilitarian vocabulary and no native speakers. The speech is slow and supported by mime and gesture. countable,uncountable
    — ‘I didnʼt know you can speak pidgin,’ he said and laughed.
  2. A person's business, occupation, work, or trade (also spelt as pigeon). archaic,countable,idiomatic,uncountable
    — Forget money. That's my pidgin.

词形变化

pidgins plural

词汇关系

衍生词
Chinese pidgin English expanded pidgin Melanesian Pidgin English New South Wales Pidgin English NSW Pidgin English pidginisation pidginization pidginise pidginize pidginist pidginogenic Pijin Port Jackson Pidgin prepidgin Queensland Pidgin English Tok Pisin West African Pidgin Portuguese
相关词
pidgin English creole

词源

From pidgin English, from a Chinese Pidgin English pronunciation of English business during trade in the Far East. All attestations of pidgin from the first half of the nineteenth century given in the third edition of the Oxford English Dictionary mean “business; an action, occupation, or affair” (the earliest being from 1807). Other suggested derivations include:
* Hebrew פִּדְיוֹן (pidyón, “exchange; trade; redemption”)
* Chinese pronunciation of Portuguese ocupação (“occupation; business”)
* South Seas pronunciation of beach
* Portuguese baixo (“low”)
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