noun[ C ]USuk/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.