- a short sleep, especially during the day（尤指白天的）小睡, 打盹：
excuse me, I'll just take a little nap.
对不起, 我要小睡一会儿。
短语
catch someone napping
- informal (of an action or event) find someone off guard and unprepared to respond〈非正式〉（动作, 事件）发生在某人不备之时, 发生在某人疏忽大意时：
the goalkeeper was caught napping by a shot from Carpenter.
卡彭特的射门让守门员措手不及。
词源
Old English hnappian, probably of Germanic origin.
in sing.
1
- the raised hairs, threads, or similar small projections on the surface of fabric or suede leather (used especially with reference to the direction in which they naturally lie)（织物、皮革表面的）绒毛：
carefully machine the seam, following the direction of the nap.
小心顺着绒毛把接缝处缝好。
2
- Austral. informal a bedroll used for sleeping on in the open〈澳, 非正式〉睡袋（野外用）。
- ORIGIN: late 19th cent.: probably from KNAPSACK.
派生词
napless
adjective词源
late Middle English noppe, from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German noppe 'nap', noppen 'trim the nap from'.
1
- mass noun a card game resembling whist in which players declare the number of tricks they expect to take, up to five纳普牌戏（类似惠斯特牌戏, 玩家自报可赢之墩数, 全胜五墩）。
2
- Brit. the betting of all one's money on one prospective winner〈英〉孤注一掷。
2.1
- a tipster's choice for this值得押下全部赌注的选择。
(napped, napping)with obj.
- Brit. name (a horse or greyhound) as a probable winner of a race〈英〉预测（赛马, 赛狗）获胜。
短语
go nap
1
- attempt to take all five tricks in nap（纳普牌戏）冒险自报满贯, 要全拿五墩。
1.1
- score or win five times大获全胜; 屡战屡捷：
Tranmere Rovers went nap to inflict a heavy 5-1 defeat on West Ham.
特兰梅尔流浪者队大获全胜, 5比1重创西汉姆联队。
1.2
- risk everything in one attempt孤注一掷。
not go nap on
- Austral. informal not be too keen on〈澳, 非正式〉不太热衷于。
词源
early 19th cent.: abbreviation of NAPOLEON, the original name of the card game.
(napped, napping)no obj.
- (of a horse) refuse, especially habitually, to go on at the rider's instruction; jib（马）（尤指习惯性地）不听从指令; 徘徊不前。
词源
1950s: back-formation from nappy, an adjective first used to describe heady beer (late Middle English), later used in the sense 'intoxicated by drink' （early 18th cent.）, and since the 1920s used to describe a disobedient horse.