Chap
[tʃæp]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) (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.
(noun.) a crack in a lip caused usually by cold.
(noun.) a boy or man; 'that chap is your host'; 'there's a fellow at the door'; 'he's a likable cuss'; 'he's a good bloke'.
(verb.) crack due to dehydration; 'My lips chap in this dry weather'.
希拉里校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.
(v. t.) To strike; to beat.
(v. i.) To crack or open in slits; as, the earth chaps; the hands chap.
(v. i.) To strike; to knock; to rap.
(n.) A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin.
(n.) A division; a breach, as in a party.
(n.) A blow; a rap.
(n.) One of the jaws or the fleshy covering of a jaw; -- commonly in the plural, and used of animals, and colloquially of human beings.
(n.) One of the jaws or cheeks of a vise, etc.
(n.) A buyer; a chapman.
(n.) A man or boy; a youth; a fellow.
(v. i.) To bargain; to buy.
編輯:莎蒂
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. Crack, split, cleave.
v. n. Crack, open in slits.
n. [1]. Cleft, crack, opening.[2]. Boy, youth, fellow.
校對:佩德罗
解釋/意思:
n. a fellow originally a customer from Chapman.—n. Chap′pie a familiar diminutive.
n. generally pl. the jaws.—adj. Chap′fall′en a variant of Chop-fallen (q.v.).
v.i. to crack: to strike of a clock &c.: to knock at a door.—v.t. to fissure.—n. crack: an open fissure in the skin caused by exposure to frost: a knock.—adj. Chap′less.—p.adj. Chapped cracked of a heavy soil in dry weather or of the skin in frost: cut short.—adj. Chap′py.
編輯:马丁
例句/造句/用法:
- Look at him, the old man would say, nudging his neighbour with a delighted purple face, did you ever see such a chap? 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Lookee here, old chap, said Joe. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Oh, you disgraceful old chap! 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- What d'you want to frighten a chap for? 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- That 'ere queer customer, and the melan-cholly chap with the black hair. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- A pretty figure I'd be, wouldn't I, stuck behind that chap on a pillion? 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- And--dash it--old chap, give him these gold sleeve-buttons: it's all I've got. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- But you tutors are such solemn chaps; it is almost like speaking to a parson to consult with you. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Come on Thursday fortnight, and bring the other chaps with you,' said Mr. Bob Sawyer; 'I'm going to have a few medical fellows that night. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Both them ar chaps parsons? 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- But I am acquainted with these chaps,' said Bounderby. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- How them two chaps is bound up in one body, is a craddy for me to find out. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- These chaps would sell their younger brothers if they had a chance, I think. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Now it's clear to me,' said Mr. Bounderby, 'that you are one of those chaps who have always got a grievance. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
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