code-switch

language: zh

definitions

  1. verb
    To alternate between two or more languages, dialects, or language varieties within a single conversation or context.
    zh: 语码转换
  2. verb
    To adjust one's style of speech, behavior, appearance, or expression to conform to the norms of a different social group or environment.
    zh: 社会行为切换

examples

  1. Many bilingual speakers code-switch between Spanish and English during a single conversation.

    许多双语使用者在一次对话中会在西班牙语和英语之间进行语码转换。

  2. The actors highlighted how the need to code-switch to fit in creates a sense of being watched.

    演员们强调了为了融入而必须进行社会行为切换是如何产生一种被监视的感觉的。