lap
英 [læp]
美 [læp]
n. (坐着时的)大腿部; (跑道等的)一圈; (行程或工作中的)一段,环节
v. (轻柔而有规律地)拍打; 舔食; 舔着喝; 领先一圈(或数圈)
复数:laps 过去分词:lapped 现在分词:lapping 过去式:lapped 第三人称单数:laps
高考CET4CET6考研IELTSGRETEM4TEM8计算机
Collins.3 / BNC.4140 / COCA.3359
短语动词
lap up
1. (动物)舔饮 2. 轻信;照单全收;欣然接受
短语用例
lap sth↔up
- (不加考虑地)乐于接受
to accept or receive sth with great enjoyment, without thinking about whether it is good, true or sincere- There's only one seat so you'll have to sit on my lap .
只有一个座位,你只好坐在我腿上了。 - She sat with her hands in her lap .
她双手放在大腿上坐着。
- There's only one seat so you'll have to sit on my lap .
- 开怀畅饮
to drink all of sth with great enjoyment- the fastest lap on record
在纪录上最快的一圈 - She has completed six laps.
她跑完六圈了。 - He was overtaken on the final lap.
他在最后一圈被超过。 - to do a lap of honour (= go around the track again to celebrate winning)
绕场一周欢庆胜利 - to do a victory lap
绕场一周庆祝胜利
- the fastest lap on record
习惯用语
n.
- drop/dump sth in sb's lap
- 把(某事)推给他人负责
to make sth the responsibility of another person - They dropped the problem firmly back in my lap.
他们把问题断然给我推了回来。 sth drops/falls into sb's lap - (毫不费劲地)得到做称心事的机会;赐良机
somebody has the opportunity to do sth pleasant without having made any effort - My dream job just fell into my lap.
我没费劲就找到了梦寐以求的工作。 in the lap of the gods - 由神掌管;结果难以预料;非人力所能左右
if the result of sth is in the lap of the gods , you do not know what will happen because it depends on luck or things you cannot control in the lap of luxury - 生活优裕;养尊处优
in easy, comfortable conditions, and enjoying the advantages of being rich
牛津词典
noun
- (坐着时的)大腿部
the top part of your legs that forms a flat surface when you are sitting down- There's only one seat so you'll have to sit on my lap .
只有一个座位,你只好坐在我腿上了。 - She sat with her hands in her lap .
她双手放在大腿上坐着。
- There's only one seat so you'll have to sit on my lap .
- (跑道等的)一圈
one journey from the beginning to the end of a track used for running, etc.- the fastest lap on record
在纪录上最快的一圈 - She has completed six laps.
她跑完六圈了。 - He was overtaken on the final lap.
他在最后一圈被超过。 - to do a lap of honour (= go around the track again to celebrate winning)
绕场一周欢庆胜利 - to do a victory lap
绕场一周庆祝胜利
- the fastest lap on record
- (行程或工作中的)一段,环节
a section of a journey, or of a piece of work, etc.- They're off on the first lap of their round-the-world tour.
他们踏上环游世界的第一段行程。 - We've nearly finished. We're on the last lap .
我们接近完工了,正在处理最后的一部分工作。
- They're off on the first lap of their round-the-world tour.
verb
- (轻柔而有规律地)拍打
to touch sth gently and regularly, often making a soft sound- The waves lapped around our feet.
波浪轻轻地拍打着我们的脚。 - the sound of water lapping against the boat
水轻轻拍打船帮的声音
- The waves lapped around our feet.
- 舔食;舔着喝
to drink sth with quick movements of the tongue - 领先一圈(或数圈)
to pass another runner on a track who is one or more laps behind you
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT (人坐着时的)大腿部
If you have something on yourlapwhen you are sitting down, it is on top of your legs and near to your body.- She waited quietly with her hands in her lap...
她双手放在腿上静静等候。 - Hugh glanced at the child on her mother's lap.
休瞥了一眼坐在她妈妈膝上的小女孩。
- She waited quietly with her hands in her lap...
- N-COUNT (比赛中的)一圈
In a race, a competitor completes alapwhen they have gone round a course once.- ...that last lap of the race...
比赛最后一圈 - On lap two, Baker edged forward.
第二圈时,贝克悄然赶了上去。
- ...that last lap of the race...
- VERB (比赛中)对…完成套圈
In a race, if youlapanother competitor, you go past them while they are still on the previous lap.- He was caught out while lapping a slower rider.
他在套圈超越一位落后的车手时出了错。
- He was caught out while lapping a slower rider.
- N-COUNT 一段路程;一段行程
Alapof a long journey is one part of it, between two points where you stop.- I had thought we might travel as far as Oak Valley, but we only managed the first lap of the journey.
我原以为我们最远能到达橡树谷,结果只走完了第一段路程。
- I had thought we might travel as far as Oak Valley, but we only managed the first lap of the journey.
- VERB (水)轻拍,轻打
When waterlapsagainst something such as the shore or the side of a boat, it touches it gently and makes a soft sound.- ...the water that lapped against the pillars of the boathouse...
轻拍着船屋支柱的海水 - With a rising tide the water was lapping at his chin before rescuers arrived...
救援人员到达时上涨的潮水已经淹到了他的下巴。 - The building was right on the river and the water lapped the walls.
建筑物就矗立在水中,河水轻轻拍打着墙壁。
- ...the water that lapped against the pillars of the boathouse...
- VERB (动物)舐,舔
When an animallapsa drink, it uses short quick movements of its tongue to take liquid up into its mouth.- The cat lapped milk from a dish.
猫舔食盘中牛奶。 - Lap upmeans the same aslap.
lap up同lap - She poured some water into a plastic bowl. Faust, her Great Dane, lapped it up with relish.
她往一个塑料碗里倒了一些水,她的大丹犬福斯特便美滋滋地舔起来。
- The cat lapped milk from a dish.
- PHRASE (成败)难以预料,非人力所能左右
If you say that a situation isin the lap of the gods, you mean that its success or failure depends entirely on luck or on things that are outside your control.- They had to stop the operation, so at that stage my life was in the lap of the gods.
他们不得不停止手术,所以那时的我只能听天由命。
- They had to stop the operation, so at that stage my life was in the lap of the gods.
- PHRASE 养尊处优;锦衣玉食
If you say that someone livesin the lap of luxury, you mean that they live in conditions of great comfort and wealth.- We don't live in the lap of luxury, but we're comfortable.
我们的生活虽然并非锦衣玉食,也算是衣食无忧。
- We don't live in the lap of luxury, but we're comfortable.
英英释义
noun
- touching with the tongue
- the dog's laps were warm and wet
- movement once around a course
- he drove an extra lap just for insurance
- a flap that lies over another part
- the lap of the shingles should be at least ten inches
- the part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs
- his lap was covered with food stains
- the upper side of the thighs of a seated person
- he picked up the little girl and plopped her down in his lap
- an area of control or responsibility
- the job fell right in my lap
verb
- wash or flow against
- the waves laved the shore
- take up with the tongue
- The cat lapped up the milk
- the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast
- pass the tongue over
- the dog licked her hand
- move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound
- The bubbles swoshed around in the glass
- The curtain swooshed open
- lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another
双语例句
- My legs failed me and I wasn't able to run the last lap.
我这腿不争气,最后一圈跑不动了。 - Their audience will lap up whatever they throw at them
不管是什么节目,他们的观众都照单全收。 - She clasped her hands together on her lap
她十指紧扣,放在膝上。 - With a rising tide the water was lapping at his chin before rescuers arrived
救援人员到达时上涨的潮水已经淹到了他的下巴。 - On the third lap he left the other runners far behind.
跑到第三圈,他已经把别人远远地抛在后面了。 - The cat lapped milk from a dish.
猫舔食盘中牛奶。 - He picked the napkin from his lap and placed it alongside his plate
他拿起腿上的餐巾,放在盘子旁边。 - He used to sit me on his lap
他过去常常让我坐在他的腿上。 - Gardner recorded the fastest lap in qualifying to earn pole position for today's US Grand Prix.
加德纳在资格赛中创下了最快圈速的纪录,赢得了今天美国大奖赛的杆位。 - 'I'm not sure I've ever driven a better lap,' crowed a delighted Irvine.
“我想这也许是我开得最棒的一圈,”欧文高兴地欢呼道。