[中]大班(舊中國洋行老板)； 澳大利亞北部產(chǎn)的一種毒蛇

The compradore paid the insurance to cargo until it was stored in the taipan's godown, where it became his responsibility. 買辦要付貨物保險，直到貨物被存放在大班的倉庫里，才變成大班的責任。

The old-fashioned taipan luxuriated in his ignorance of the Chinese language and of everything that was connected with China. 老一代的大班不懂中文與其他關(guān)于中國的事，依然奢侈逍遙地生活。