| 释义 |
lap3/læp/ v. & n.●v. (lapped, lapping) 1 tr.a (also absol. [亦含宾]) (usu. of an animal) drink (liquid) with the tongue (通常指动物)舐饮(流质) b (usu. foll. by 通常后跟 up, down) consume (liquid) greedily 暴饮，贪婪地饮(流质) c (usu. foll. by 通常后跟 up) consume (gossip, praise, etc.) greedily 爱听(闲话、夸奖等) 2a tr. (of water) move or beat upon (a shore) with a rippling sound as of lapping (波浪)拍打(堤岸) b intr. (of waves etc.) move in ripples; make a lapping sound (浪涛等)泛起波涟；发出拍打声 ●n. 1a the process or an act of lapping 拍打；拍打声 b the amount of liquid taken up 饮水量 2 the sound of wavelets on a beach 滩地波声 3 liquid food for dogs (狗的)流质食品 4 slang [俚语]a a weak beverage 淡饮料 b any liquor 酒 [Old English lapian, from Germanic] |