資料來源 : pyDict
寬松的襯衫
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Banian \Ban"ian\, n. [Skr. banij merchant. The tree was so named
by the English, because used as a market place by the
merchants.]
1. A Hindoo trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer.
[Written also {banyan}.]
2. A man's loose gown, like that worn by the Banians.
3. (Bot.) The Indian fig. See {Banyan}.
{Banian days} (Naut.), days in which the sailors have no
flesh meat served out to them. This use seems to be
borrowed from the Banians or Banya race, who eat no flesh.
資料來源 : WordNet®
banian
n 1: East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down
into the soil forming additional trunks [syn: {banyan},
{banyan tree}, {banian tree}, {Indian banyan}, {East
Indian fig tree}, {Ficus bengalensis}]
2: a loose fitting jacket; originally worn in India [syn: {banyan}]