taipan

FREQ #40152

[中]大班(旧中国洋行老板),澳大利亚北部产的一种毒蛇

发音

UK /ˈtaɪpæn/
其它

词形变化

taipans 复数

别名

taepan tai-pan typan

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A foreign businessman in China; a tycoon.

  2. 2.

    A tycoon (usually of Chinese Filipino background)

  3. 1.

    Any venomous elapid snake of the genus Oxyuranus, found in Australia and New Guinea.

    太攀蛇

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

elapid

相关短语

inland taipan western taipan

词源

From Cantonese 大班 (daai⁶ baan¹, “big shot, rich businessman”), originally as taepan. Related to tycoon, from Japanese 大君(たいくん) (taikun).

来源：wiktionary