Yiddish

Yiddish

英 ['jidiʃ]
　　美

n. 意第緒語（中東歐猶太人及其在各國的後裔說的一種從高地德語派生的語言）
　　adj. 意第緒語的；猶太人的

中文詞源：

Yiddish 依地語

來自高地德語jude,來自拉丁語Judaeus,即Jew.

例句：

1. I couldn't read or understand a word of Yiddish, so I asked him to translate.
我根本不懂意第緒語，所以請他來翻譯。

2. I will not write down his real name even in this bothersome Yiddish - letter cipher.
即使是用難以辨認的意弟緒語字母的密碼,我也不願意在這裡寫下他的真實姓名.

3. Shvitzer - Yiddish: someone who sweats a lot, especially a nervous seducer.
依地語: 一個汗如雨下的人, 尤指一個緊張的玩弄女人者.

4. If you play with a cat, you must not mind her scratch. -- Yiddish Proverb.
不入虎穴, 焉得虎子(想和貓玩就別怕貓摳 ) - 猶太諺語.

5. Yiddish and Luxem - bourgian are offshoots of German, and Afrikaans is based on Dutch.
依地語和盧森堡語是德語的分支.南非荷南語源於荷蘭語.