lap up

• • (猫、狗等)舔食(流体、流质食物)；吃尽：

    The dog quickly lapped up the milk in the saucer.

    狗很快就将碟子里的牛奶舔光了。

  • [口语](贪婪地)接受，学习：

    He is so crazy about U.F.O.that he laps up all he can read about it.

    他对飞碟极为着迷，贪婪地阅读一切有关资料。

  • [口语]欣然接受，反应热烈；轻易相信：

    The novelist lapped up great praise from critics.

    小说家欣然接受了批评家们的高度赞扬。

    The police lapped up his story about the accident.

    警方轻信了他关于那事故的说法。