serang

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A native Indian boatswain; a lascar captain. India,historical
    — The discovery that the substance in his mouth was of vegetable origin came as no great reassurance to Zachary: once, when the serang spat a stream of blood-red juice over the rail, he noticed the water below coming alive with the thrashing of shark's fins.

词形变化

serangs plural

词源

From Persian سرهنگ (sarhang, “commander”).
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