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

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
  1. 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。
  2. She sat with her hands in her lap .
     她双手放在大腿上坐着。
• 开怀畅饮
  to drink all of sth with great enjoyment
  1. the fastest lap on record
     在纪录上最快的一圈
  2. She has completed six laps.
     她跑完六圈了。
  3. He was overtaken on the final lap.
     他在最后一圈被超过。
  4. to do a lap of honour (= go around the track again to celebrate winning)
     绕场一周欢庆胜利
  5. to do a victory lap
     绕场一周庆祝胜利

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
  1. 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。
  2. She sat with her hands in her lap .
     她双手放在大腿上坐着。
• （跑道等的）一圈
  one journey from the beginning to the end of a track used for running, etc.
  1. the fastest lap on record
     在纪录上最快的一圈
  2. She has completed six laps.
     她跑完六圈了。
  3. He was overtaken on the final lap.
     他在最后一圈被超过。
  4. to do a lap of honour (= go around the track again to celebrate winning)
     绕场一周欢庆胜利
  5. to do a victory lap
     绕场一周庆祝胜利
• （行程或工作中的）一段，环节
  a section of a journey, or of a piece of work, etc.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

verb

• （轻柔而有规律地）拍打
  to touch sth gently and regularly, often making a soft sound
  1. The waves lapped around our feet.
     波浪轻轻地拍打着我们的脚。
  2. the sound of water lapping against the boat
     水轻轻拍打船帮的声音
• 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.
  1. She waited quietly with her hands in her lap...
     她双手放在腿上静静等候。
  2. 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。
• N-COUNT （比赛中的）一圈
  In a race, a competitor completes alapwhen they have gone round a course once.
  1. ...that last lap of the race...
     比赛最后一圈
  2. On lap two, Baker edged forward.
     第二圈时，贝克悄然赶了上去。
• 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.
  1. 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。
• 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.
  1. 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。
• 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.
  1. ...the water that lapped against the pillars of the boathouse...
     轻拍着船屋支柱的海水
  2. 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。
  3. 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。
• VERB （动物）舐，舔
  When an animallapsa drink, it uses short quick movements of its tongue to take liquid up into its mouth.
  1. The cat lapped milk from a dish.
     猫舔食盘中牛奶。
  2. Lap upmeans the same aslap.
     lap up同lap
  3. 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。
• 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.
  1. 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。
• 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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• touching with the tongue
  1. the dog's laps were warm and wet
  Synonym:lick
• movement once around a course
  1. he drove an extra lap just for insurance
  Synonym:circlecircuit
• a flap that lies over another part
  1. the lap of the shingles should be at least ten inches
  Synonym:overlap
• the part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs
  1. his lap was covered with food stains
  Synonym:lap covering
• the upper side of the thighs of a seated person
  1. he picked up the little girl and plopped her down in his lap
• an area of control or responsibility
  1. the job fell right in my lap

verb

• wash or flow against
  1. the waves laved the shore
  Synonym:lavewash
• take up with the tongue
  1. The cat lapped up the milk
  2. the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast
  Synonym:lap uplick
• pass the tongue over
  1. the dog licked her hand
  Synonym:lick
• move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound
  1. The bubbles swoshed around in the glass
  2. The curtain swooshed open
  Synonym:swishswoshswoosh
• lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another

双语例句

• The cat lapped milk from a dish.
  猫舔食盘中牛奶。
• She turned back to the Bible lying open in her lap
  她将注意力又转回到摊放在腿上的《圣经》。
• She waited quietly with her hands in her lap
  她双手放在腿上静静等候。
• By the third lap Kinkead had touched 289 m.p.h.
  到第三圈时，金基德的车速达到了每小时289英里。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She clasped her hands together on her lap
  她十指紧扣，放在膝上。
• On lap two, Baker edged forward.
  第二圈时，贝克悄然赶了上去。
• A lady always sits quietly with her hands in her lap.
  淑女端坐时总是双手放在膝上，不发一言。