pidgin /ˈpɪdʒɪn/ TEM8

• 1. 

  N-VAR Pidgin is a simple form of a language that speakers of a different language use to communicate. Pidgin is not anyone's first language. 洋泾浜语言

  例：

  He's at ease speaking pidgin with the factory workers and guys on the docks.

  他能轻松自如地用洋泾浜语言和工厂工人及码头工人交谈。

• 2. 

  ADJ If someone is speaking their own language simply or another language badly and is trying to communicate, you can say that they are speaking, for example, pidgin English or pidgin Italian. 混杂(语)的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  The restaurant owner could only speak pidgin English.

  餐馆老板只会讲洋泾浜英语。