单词 | Creole |
释义 | Cre·ole ![]() n. 1. A person of European ancestry born in the West Indies or Spanish America. 2. a. A person descended from or culturally related to the original French settlers of the southern United States, especially Louisiana. b. The French dialect spoken by these people. 3. A person descended from or culturally related to the Spanish and Portuguese settlers of the Gulf States. 4. often creole A person of mixed African and European ancestry who speaks a creolized language, especially one based on French or Spanish. 5. A black slave born in the Americas as opposed to one brought from Africa. 6. creole A creolized language. 7. Haitian Creole. adj. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Creoles. 2. creole Cooked with a spicy sauce containing tomatoes, onions, and peppers: shrimp creole; creole cuisine. [French créole, from Spanish criollo, person native to a locality, from Portuguese crioulo, diminutive of cria, person raised in the house, especially a servant, from criar, to bring up, from Latin creāre, to beget; see ker-2 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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