used to talk about a man in a friendly way (對男子的友好稱呼)家夥,夥計 Extra ExamplesHe's a decent sort of chap. 他是個正派的家夥。 The poor old chap was very shaken by the experience. 這個可憐的老家夥被這次經歷給嚇壞了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- clever
- decent
- good
- …
- not (such) a bad chap
- sort of chap
Word Originlate 16th cent. (denoting a buyer or customer): abbreviation of chapman ‘pedlar’. The current sense dates from the early 18th cent.