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单词 old chap
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old chapn.

Brit. /ˌəʊl(d) ˈtʃap/, U.S. /ˈoʊl(d) ˈtʃæp/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: old adj., chap n.3
Etymology: < old adj. + chap n.3 Compare earlier old boy n.
Now chiefly British.
1. Without necessarily connoting age, as a familiar form of address, chiefly to a man.Now generally considered old-fashioned or upper-class. Modern uses are frequently humorous or intended to characterize upper-class speech.
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the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] > familiar form of address
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matec1500
boy1532
old lad1594
old boy1602
captaina1616
mon cher1673
old chap1823
old man1828
ou maat1838
boysie1846
old top1856
boetie1867
bra1869
cocker1888
mon vieux1888
face1891
yessir1892
George1903
old sport1905
old bean1917
segotia1917
babe1918
bro1918
tovarish1918
old egg1919
midear1921
old (tin of) fruit1923
sport1923
mush1936
cowboy1961
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wack1963
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John1982
1823 J. F. Cooper Pioneers II. xx. 293 ‘Come, old chap,’ said Billy, good-naturedly, ‘don't be crabbed, but hear what a man has got to say.’
1865 H. Kingsley Hillyars & Burtons ii Cut away, old chap, and see who it is.
1991 Daily Star 24 Dec. 8/6 Look here, old chap, understand you're hopping on a plane to dear old Prague.
2. An older man; frequently mildly disparaging.
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the world > people > person > old person > old man > [noun]
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bevara1275
beauperec1300
vieillard1475
Nestor?c1510
old gentleman1526
haga1529
velyarda1529
old fellow?1555
old sire1557
granfer1564
vecchioc1570
ageman1571
grave-porer1582
grandsire1595
huddle-duddle1599
elder1600
pantaloon1602
cuffc1616
crone1630
old boya1637
codger?1738
dry-beard1749
eld1796
patriarch1819
oubaas1824
old chap1840
pap1844
pop1844
tad1877
old baas1882
senex1898
finger1904
AK1911
alte kacker1911
poppa stoppa1944
madala1960
Ntate1975
1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack (1878) vi. 4/3 We had an old chap for first lieutenant whose name was Fletcher.
1995 Spectator 28 Jan. 27/2 The clinician's dreary duty of having to establish whether the old chap's theories actually ‘work’ on patients.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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