chap
noun /tʃæp/
/tʃæp/
(British English, informal, old-fashioned)- used to talk about a man in a friendly way
（对男子的友好称呼）家伙，伙计 - He isn't such a bad chap really.
他这个家伙并不真的这么坏。 - Come on, chaps, let’s go for a drink!
来吧，伙计们，我们去喝一杯！
- He's a decent sort of chap.
他是个正派的家伙。 - The poor old chap was very shaken by the experience.
这个可怜的老家伙被这次经历给吓坏了。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- clever
- decent
- good
- …
- not (such) a bad chap
- sort of chap
词源late 16th cent. (denoting a buyer or customer): abbreviation of chapman ‘pedlar’. The current sense dates from the early 18th cent. - He isn't such a bad chap really.