释义
n.
the dialect of the common people of a region, differing in various respects from the standard language of the rest of the country
方言，土语
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the nurse talked to me in a patois that even Italians would have had difficulty in understanding .那个护士和我说话所用的方言即便是意大利人也很难听懂。
the jargon or informal speech used by a particular social group
黑话，行话，圈内用语
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the raunchy patois of inner-city kids .内城年轻人淫秽的圈内用语。
词源
"mid 17th cent.: French, literally ‘rough speech', perhaps from Old French