| 释义 |
prepper School and College slang.|ˈprɛpə(r)|
[f. prep n. and a. 2 + -er1, -er6.]
a. U.S. A preparatory sports team or a member of such a team.
b. A preparatory school (preparatory a. 2 a).
1945Richmond (Virginia) Times-Dispatch 10 Oct. 18/4 (heading) T[homas] J[efferson High School] leads off heavy slate for preppers. 1956‘M. Innes’ Appleby plays Chicken i. i. 16 My public school was..nothing to my prepper. 1962‘R. Gordon’ Doctor in Swim xi. 73 ‘Actually, I'm a stinks beak in a prepper,’ he confessed. 1974Anderson (S. Carolina) Independent 19 Apr. 5b/3 Audie Mathews, 6–4, of Chicago Heights, Ill., one of the nation's most coveted preppers, is reported to be considering North Carolina State, Illinois, Oregon, Purdue and UCLA. 1974Times 29 Oct. 16/4 Cheam is demonstrably the oldest prepper in the business, having started in the Surrey suburb in 1645. |