| 单词 | chap |
| 释义 | chap (once / 184 pages) 1n 2n 3vn A chap is a guy or a fellow — a boy or man who's a friend, acquaintance, or a friendly stranger. You might ask a chap on the bus if the seat beside him is free. You can refer to any male person as a chap, and you can also address him that way: "Hello there, old chap! I haven't seen you in ages!" It's more common in Britain than the US, where the chap will know what you mean but might look at you oddly. Chaps also means a cowboy's leather pants, and when it's a verb chap means to become dry, cracked, and painful from wind or cold. WORD FAMILYchap: chapped, chapping, chaps USAGE EXAMPLESShe wore no shiny lipstick, and her lips looked chapped. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus(2003) Association board president Chap Achen moved to Red Wing 40 years ago and worked for decades for the Red Wing Shoe Factory. Washington Times(Nov 19, 2016) I packed sunscreen and Neosporin, half chaps and a cartload of protein bars. Wall Street Journal(Nov 10, 2016) 1 n a boy or man 2that chap is your host Syn|Hypo|Hyper blighter, bloke, cuss, fella, feller, fellow, gent, lad dog informal term for a man male, male person a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies n (usually in the plural) leather leggings without a seat; joined by a belt; often have flared outer flaps; worn over trousers by cowboys to protect their legs 3Hyper leg covering, legging, leging a garment covering the leg (usually extending from the knee to the ankle) 1v crack due to dehydration My lips chap in this dry weather Hyper crack break partially but keep its integrity 2n a crack in a lip caused usually by cold Hyper cleft, crack, crevice, fissure, scissure a long narrow opening 3n a long narrow depression in a surface Syn|Hyper crack, cranny, crevice, fissure depression, impression, imprint a concavity in a surface produced by pressing |
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