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单词 to take a nap
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to take (also catch, have, steal, etc.) a (also one's) nap
to take (also catch, have, steal, etc.) a (also one's) nap.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [verb (intransitive)] > for a short time or lightly
napeOE
slumberc1220
sloomc1275
wink1412
to take (also catch, have, steal, etc.) a (also one's) napa1425
to sleep a wink1542
drowse1598
jouka1652
doze1693
snooze1789
snoozle1831
zizz1942
a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) 4005 He slombred, and a nappe he tok.
?a1534 H. Medwall Nature ii. sig. giv Whan I am well fed Than get I me to a soft bed My body to repose. There take I a nap or twayn.
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark xiii. 88 Although the people doe sumtymes take a nappe.
1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 171 Otherwhiles he would catch a nap in the day time, as he sat to minister iustice.
1653 tr. F. Carmeni Nissena 28 He slept but a little..though but for a very smal space he stole a nap.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 52. ⁋4 [He] seems to take a Nap with his Eyes open.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones VI. xviii. i. 169 The Variety of Matter..will afford no Room for any of those ludicrous Observations..which may sometimes, perhaps, have prevented thee from taking a Nap when it was beginning to steal upon thee. View more context for this quotation
1787 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 246 The genius of invention and improvement in Europe seems to be absolutely taking a nap.
1805 T. E. White Jrnl. (1904) 32 I got up this morning with the determination to have a severe nap before night.
1829 G. Jones Sketches Naval Life I. 109 Grog and dinner succeed: after which, the men disperse about the ship, to take a nap, read, talk, or employ themselves otherwise.
1897 W. S. Gilbert Fortune Hunter i. 18 Go and take your afternoon nap.
1931 Amer. Mercury Feb. 163/1 The third is a way of stealing three naps a night in a garage without getting caught.
1932 D. Hammett Nightmare Town (1999) 324 He was catching a nap and he woke up with somebody's hand on his throat.
1965 M. Frayn Tin Men xxv. 137 He took a nap to clear his head.
2000 Times 25 Mar. (Weekend section) 8/8 Do what everyone in the world south of Paris used to do..and have an afternoon nap.
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