plural Creoles
plural Creoles
Learner's definition of CREOLE
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[count] : a person who has African and French or Spanish ancestors
especially : such a person who lives in the West Indies克里奥尔人(非洲人与法国人或西班牙人的混血后裔);(尤指生活在西印度群岛上的)克里奥尔人
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[count] : a person whose ancestors were some of the first people from France or Spain to live in the southeastern U.S.克里奥尔人(首批从法国或西班牙来美国东南部定居的人的后裔) ◊ Creoles continue to have the same language and culture as their French or Spanish ancestors.克里奥尔人现在依然保持着与他们的法国或西班牙祖先同样的语言和文化。
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a [noncount] : a language that is based on French and that uses words from African languages克里奥尔语(以法语为基础,并混有非洲语言词汇) b creole [count] linguistics : a language that is based on one language but that has some words from another language克里奥尔语(以一种语言为基础,但掺杂了另一种语言中一些词汇的语言)