patois
patois 英 ['pætwɑː] 美 ['pætwɑ]
n. 方言，土语；行话
Living in Los Angeles, I recognized the evasive patois of the development executive. 住在洛杉矶，我知道发展执行员含糊其辞的方言。
The young men from the Cougourde d'Aix were chatting merrily among themselves, as though eager to speak patois for the last time. 艾克斯苦古尔德地方的年轻人愉快地在闲谈，好象急着要最后一次说说家乡的土话似的。
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- n. 方言，土语；行话
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1. Living in Los Angeles, I recognized the evasive patois of the development executive.
住在洛杉矶，我知道发展执行员含糊其辞的方言。
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2. The young men from the Cougourde d'Aix were chatting merrily among themselves, as though eager to speak patois for the last time.
艾克斯苦古尔德地方的年轻人愉快地在闲谈，好象急着要最后一次说说家乡的土话似的。
- patois (n.) "a provincial dialect," 1640s, from French patois "native or local speech" (13c.), of uncertain origin, probably from Old French patoier "handle clumsily, to paw," from pate "a paw," from Vulgar Latin *patta (see patten), from notion of clumsy manner of speaking. Compare French pataud "properly, a young dog with big paws, then an awkwardly built fellow" [Brachet]. Especially in reference to Jamaican English from 1934.
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