patois

英 [ˈpætwɑː]

美 [ˈpætwɑː]

n.  方言; 土语; 土话

BNC.28260 / COCA.29725

牛津词典

noun

• 方言；土语；土话
  a form of a language, spoken by people in a particular area, that is different from the standard language of the country

柯林斯词典

patois is both the singular and the plural form; the singular form is pronounced /'pætwɑː/, and the plural form is pronounced /'pætwɑːz/. patois单复数同形；单数读作/'pætwɑː/，复数读作/'pætwɑːz/。


• N-VAR （尤指法语的）方言，土语
  Apatoisis a form of a language, especially French, that is spoken in a particular area of a country.
  1. In France patois was spoken in rural, less developed regions.
     在法国，欠发达的农村地区说方言。
• N-VAR 混合语
  Apatoisis a language that has developed from a mixture of other languages.
  1. A substantial proportion of the population speak a French-based patois.
     人口中有一大部分说以法语为基础的混合语。

英英释义

noun

• a regional dialect of a language (especially French)
• a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
  1. they don't speak our lingo
  Synonym:slangcantjargonlingoargotvernacular

双语例句

• Amongst these "borrowed words", Cantonese was one of the languages that mostly influenced the Patois an important point which is stated in this essay.
  在这些借用词中，粤语词语是对土生葡语影响最大的其中一种，也是本文论述的重点。
• Order at a restaurant or ask to try on clothes in a department store in your new patois.
  用你的新口音在餐馆点餐，或者在商场要求试衣。
• In France patois was spoken in rural, less developed regions.
  在法国，欠发达的农村地区说方言。
• He speaks the local patois.
  他会说当地方言。
• The West Country dialect smacks as much of the farmyard as the patois of the French peasant, or the even more deliberate drawl of the Texan cattleman.
  英国西南部的方言就象法国农民的乡音一样浓厚，或者甚至像德克萨斯州牧民故意拖长腔调慢条斯理的说话方式。
• Of course, a great many also speak the Windows vernacular, although most are versed only in Windows'point-and-click patois.
  当然，也有不少人说Windows术语，尽管大多数人只掌握“指向和单击”这样的简单词汇。
• The first part the writer mainly gives study on the forming of AlxaEjin patois and its special vocabularies from the social history and natural environment.
  第一部分，主要结合社会历史及自然文化环境，对阿拉善额济纳土语的形成和阿拉善额济纳土语的特殊词语进行研究。
• In this paper, the anthor gets first-hand material during the investigation, using the inductive method of structural linguistics, sorting out phonetic system of Hengxian ( Gulv) patois and its voice features.
  本文在进行调查得到第一手的语言材料之后，运用结构主义语言学的归纳方法，整理出横县（古律）壮语音系，并对其语音特点予以详细说明。
• The Study of the Macanese Patois Words Borrowing from Cantonese
  澳门土生葡语粤语借用词语初探
• A substantial proportion of the population speak a French-based patois.
  人口中有一大部分说以法语为基础的混合语。