letterman
noun [ C ] US uk/ˈlet.ə.mən/ us/ˈlet̬.ɚ.mən/ lettermen /ˈlet.ə.mən/ /ˈlet̬.ɚ.mən/
（校内）优秀运动员（其奖励为可佩戴在校服上的学校首字母徽章）
someone who has been given a letter (= a prize in the shape of the first letter of the name of a high school, college, or university, given to a student for achievement in sport, and often worn on their jacket)
He was a sports letterman in high school. 他在高中时曾获得校内优秀运动员的荣誉。
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- At Michigan, Ford was a letterman and starting center on the football team.
- He was a four-year letterman in basketball, football and track.
- During his college career, he was captain of his basketball team and was a football letterman.
- He went to college at UCLA, where he was a four year letterman.
See also: letterman jacket