| 释义 |
† lip-lap Obs.|ˈlɪplæp|
Also liplap.
[Native name.]
In the Dutch East Indies, a half-caste or Eurasian; a child born in the East Indies.
1798S. H. Wilcocke tr. Stavorinus's Voy. E. Indies I. ii. v. 315 Children born in the Indies, are nicknamed lip⁓laps by the Europeans, although both parents may have come from Europe. 1893Academy 11 Feb. 122 The acclimatisation..of liplaps, signos, and mannas, as the Dutch half-castes are variously called. |