• n. 皮套褲（指皮護(hù)腿套褲）

來(lái)自chaparral，原指在灌木叢中起保護(hù)作用的褲子。

chaps (n.1)

1844, American English, short for chaparejos, from Mexican Spanish chaparreras, overalls worn to protect from chaparro (see chaparral).

chaps (n.2)

"jaws, cheeks," from chap (n.), 1550s, of unknown origin. Hence, chap-fallen (1590s).

1. These chaps know their stuff after seven years of war.

7年的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)過(guò)后，這些家伙都成了作戰(zhàn)行家。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. These chaps know what side their bread's buttered on.

這些家伙知道怎樣做對(duì)他們有利。

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3. Hard luck, chaps, but don't despair too much.

真不走運(yùn)，伙計(jì)們，不過(guò)別太灰心。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

4. a pair of chaps

一條皮套褲

來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》

5. I was meeting these chaps who were mostly more or less my own age.

我見(jiàn)到了這幫小伙子，他們多數(shù)和我年齡相仿。

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