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lascar

/las-ker/US // ˈlæs kər //UK // (ˈlæskə) //

喇沙,喇嘛,喇嘛教,喇嘛庙

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an East Indian sailor.
    • : Indian English. an artilleryman.

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Examples

  • Yet how came it that even a low-caste mongrel of a Lascar should offer such an overt insult to a Brahmin!

  • The lascar moved his feet cautiously, and they rustled among dried stumps.

  • At last the lascar rose and floundered through the mud toward the village, but he was careful to leave an ally to watch the boats.

  • A Lascar is standing by grinning, with a bucket of water and a deck-swab; they want to begin holystoning down the decks.

  • Jasper, waking, makes experiments on the talk of the old woman, the Lascar and Chinaman in their sleep.