1 N-COUNT (人坐着时的)大腿部 If you have something on your lap when you are sitting down, it is on top of your legs and near to your body. (人坐着时的)大腿部
2 N-COUNT (比赛中的)一圈 In a race, a competitor completes a lap when they have gone round a course once. (比赛中的)一圈
SYN circuit, course, round, tour
3 VERB (比赛中)对…完成套圈 In a race, if you lap another competitor, you go past them while they are still on the previous lap. (比赛中)对…完成套圈
SYN overtake, pass, leave behind, go past
4 N-COUNT 一段路程;一段行程 A lap of a long journey is one part of it, between two points where you stop. 一段路程;一段行程
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I had thought we might travel as far as Oak Valley, but we only managed the first lap of the journey. [+ of]
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。
5 VERB (水)轻拍,轻打 When water laps against something such as the shore or the side of a boat, it touches it gently and makes a soft sound. (水)轻拍,轻打 [written]
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...the water that lapped against the pillars of the boathouse. [VERB prep./adv.]
轻拍着船屋支柱的海水
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With a rising tide the water was lapping at his chin before rescuers arrived. [VERB prep./adv.]
救援人员到达时上涨的潮水已经淹到了他的下巴。
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The building was right on the river and the water lapped the walls. [VERB noun]
建筑物就矗立在水中,河水轻轻拍打着墙壁。
SYN ripple, wash, splash, slap
6 VERB (动物)舐,舔 When an animal laps a drink, it uses short quick movements of its tongue to take liquid up into its mouth. (动物)舐,舔
SYN drink, sip, lick, swallow
Lap up means the same as
lap .
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。
7 PHRASE (成败)难以预料,非人力所能左右 If you say that a situation is in the lap of the gods, you mean that its success or failure depends entirely on luck or on things that are outside your control. (成败)难以预料,非人力所能左右
8 PHRASE [usually PHRASE after verb, verb-link PHRASE] 养尊处优;锦衣玉食 If you say that someone lives in the lap of luxury, you mean that they live in conditions of great comfort and wealth. 养尊处优;锦衣玉食
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