English Dictionary

schlep

/ʃlɛp/

noun

(informal) A long or burdensome journey. / (informal) A boring person, a drag; a good-for-nothing person. / (informal) A sloppy or slovenly person. / (informal) A “pull” or influence.

I had to schlep all the way to the other side of town to pick up my package.

意味（1）

(informal) A long or burdensome journey.

Sure you can go across town to get that, but it'd be a schlep.

意味（2）

(informal) A boring person, a drag; a good-for-nothing person.

For every genuine, sincere, perceptive resident who is capable and willing to work and sacrifice, you've got 200-plus who are permanently classifiable as either hustlers, rip-off artists, freeloaders, ganefs, shleps, or out-and-out shmucks!

意味（3）

(informal) A sloppy or slovenly person.

My father had class? I was completely taken aback. I had never heard my father described that way. To me, he was not a European gentleman but a schlep, someone who preferred chinos to gabardine, comfort to style. My mother used to say that if she hadn't made him go shopping, he would still be wearing the same ugly suits he wore in the fifties.

意味（4）

(informal) A “pull” or influence.

He must have had a lot of schlep to get such good seats.