chaps

• n. 皮套裤（指皮护腿套裤）

来自chaparral，原指在灌木丛中起保护作用的裤子。

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年的战争过后，这些家伙都成了作战行家。

来自柯林斯例句

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

这些家伙知道怎样做对他们有利。

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

真不走运，伙计们，不过别太灰心。

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4. a pair of chaps

一条皮套裤

来自《权威词典》

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

我见到了这帮小伙子，他们多数和我年龄相仿。

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