chap

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

chap [chap chaps chapped chapping] BrE [tʃæp] NAmE [tʃæp] noun (BrE, informal, becoming old-fashioned)
used to talk about a man in a friendly way
•He isn't such a bad chap really.
•Come on, chaps, let's go for a drink!

Word Origin:
late 16th cent. (denoting a buyer or customer): abbreviation of chapman ‘pedlar’. The current sense dates from the early 18th cent.

Example Bank:
•He's a decent sort of chap.
•He's not such a bad chap really.
•The poor old chap was very shaken by the experience.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  crevice, cranny, crack, fissure, fellow, feller, fella, lad, gent, blighter, cuss, bloke