• n. 皮套褲（指皮護腿套褲）

來自chaparral，原指在灌木叢中起保護作用的褲子。

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年的戰爭過后，這些家伙都成了作戰行家。

來自柯林斯例句

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

這些家伙知道怎樣做對他們有利。

來自柯林斯例句

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

真不走運，伙計們，不過別太灰心。

來自柯林斯例句

4. a pair of chaps

一條皮套褲

來自《權威詞典》

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

我見到了這幫小伙子，他們多數和我年齡相仿。

來自柯林斯例句