patois

/pat-wah, pah-twah; French pa-twa/US // ˈpæt wɑ, ˈpɑ twɑ; French paˈtwa //UK // (ˈpætwɑː, French patwa) //

土语,土话,行语,行话

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural pat·ois [pat-wahz, pah-twahz; French pa-twa]. /ˈpæt wɑz, ˈpɑ twɑz; French paˈtwa/.
- : a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.
- : a rural or provincial form of speech.
- : jargon; cant; argot.

nounjargon

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Rapping in his hometown patois, Roiall brings that authenticity to his videos “Nobody” and “Soda,” which was shot at Half Way Tree in Jamaica.
She talks like her daughter now; everyone does, in that speedy, all-knowing, wisecrack-spattered sitcom patois of Modern Family.
Biderman, who has an amazing ear for dialogue and verbal cues, has the Hollywood patois down pat.
The patois of Saint-Rémy has been developed and expanded into a beautiful literary language.
Jasmin had already shown the Parisians that real poetry of a high order could be written in a patois.
He sympathizes with every attempt, wherever made, the world over, to raise up a patois into a language.
So that the Provençal language, in spite of everything, keeps a certain patois vulgarity.
Some of the hay-makers called to me, but in such barbarous patois, that I could make nothing of them.

/pat-wah, pah-twah; French pa-twa/US // ˈpæt wɑ, ˈpɑ twɑ; French paˈtwa //UK // (ˈpætwɑː, French patwa) //

土语,土话,行语,行话

n.名词 noun

1
plural pat·ois [pat-wahz, pah-twahz; French pa-twa]. /ˈpæt wɑz, ˈpɑ twɑz; French paˈtwa/.
- : a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.
- : a rural or provincial form of speech.
- : jargon; cant; argot.

nounjargon

Synonyms

Antonyms

Rapping in his hometown patois, Roiall brings that authenticity to his videos “Nobody” and “Soda,” which was shot at Half Way Tree in Jamaica.
She talks like her daughter now; everyone does, in that speedy, all-knowing, wisecrack-spattered sitcom patois of Modern Family.
Biderman, who has an amazing ear for dialogue and verbal cues, has the Hollywood patois down pat.
The patois of Saint-Rémy has been developed and expanded into a beautiful literary language.
Jasmin had already shown the Parisians that real poetry of a high order could be written in a patois.
He sympathizes with every attempt, wherever made, the world over, to raise up a patois into a language.
So that the Provençal language, in spite of everything, keeps a certain patois vulgarity.
Some of the hay-makers called to me, but in such barbarous patois, that I could make nothing of them.