| 单词 | catnap |
| 释义 | > as lemmascatnap catnap n. (also cat's-nap) a short nap while sitting; hence as v. intransitive, to take a catnap. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [noun] > an instance or period of > short or light > while sitting catnap1823 dog nap1833 cat-sleep1837 the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [verb (intransitive)] > for a short time or lightly > while sitting catnap1938 1823 J. F. Cooper Pioneers II. xiii. 187 I just closed my eyes in order to think the better with myself... It was only some such matter as a cat's nap. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. iv. 54 Catching cat-naps as I could in the day..but carefully waking every hour. 1885 N.Y. Weekly Sun 13 May 2/7 Catnaps were caught in the chairs as the players sat. 1938 Amer. Speech 13 182/2 To cat-nap. 1958 Times 19 May 3/7 Mr. Hugh Bentley, who cat-naps every afternoon between 3 and 3.30. < as lemmas |
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