Preppy clothes and preppy style are very neat, clean, and a bit sporty, in the way typical of students at expensive private schools in the United States — often called prep schools. Think polo shirts, khaki trousers, loafers, a sweater over the shoulders, tidy hair.

Preppy clothes and preppy style arepreppy clothes和preppy style是指 very neat, clean, and a bit sporty非常整齊、乾淨，又帶點運動感的風格, in the way typical of students at expensive private schools in the United States就像美國昂貴私立學校學生典型的樣子——often called prep schools（常被稱為prep schools）。Think polo shirts, khaki trousers, loafers, a sweater over the shoulders, tidy hair想像一下polo衫、卡其褲、樂福鞋、披在肩上的毛衣，還有整齊的頭髮。

The word can describe the clothes, the look, or the person. In American English it can praise (neat, classic, well-off) or tease (privileged, trying to look rich), depending on who says it and how.

The word can describe the clothes, the look, or the person這個字可以形容衣服、外表，或是人。In American English it can praise (neat, classic, well-off)在美式英文裡，它可以是稱讚（整齊、經典、有錢）, or tease (privileged, trying to look rich)也可以是取笑（優渥、想裝有錢）, depending on who says it and how要看是誰說的、怎麼說。

Though actually, in fashion talk outside the US, preppy often just means that American campus look, and the shop may not be thinking about real prep schools at all. Taiwan fashion sometimes borrows the English word, and sometimes says 學院風; those overlap, but 學院風 can also mean a softer Japanese or British campus look, while preppy is more specifically that East Coast American code.

Though actually, in fashion talk outside the US不過實際上，在美國以外的時尚圈裡, preppy often just means that American campus lookpreppy常常就只是指那種美式校園look, and the shop may not be thinking about real prep schools at all店家可能根本沒在想真正的prep schools。Taiwan fashion sometimes borrows the English word台灣時尚圈有時候直接借用英文preppy這個字, and sometimes says 學院風有時候說「學院風」; those overlap這兩者有重疊, but 學院風 can also mean a softer Japanese or British campus look但「學院風」也可能指比較柔和的日式或英式校園風, while preppy is more specifically that East Coast American code而preppy則更特定指那種美國東岸的風格密碼。