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单词 lap
释义

lap

UK /læp/

Word Forms

singularlap
plurallaps

DEFINITIONS3
  1. 1
    countable the top half of your legs above your knees when you sit down
    on/in someone’s lap:

    The cat settled on Christine’s lap.

    He sat with his hands clasped in his lap.

    Synonyms and related words

    Other parts of the body from the outside
  2. 2
    countable one complete turn around a course in a race

    The race is twelve laps of a seven-mile circuit.

    Synonyms and related words

    Races and racing
    See alsolap of honour
  3. 3
    singular a part of a long journey, especially after a stop

    They caught a taxi for the next lap of their journey.

    Synonyms and related words

    Parts of a journey

phrases

drop/dump something in someone’s lap
drop/fall into/land in someone’s lap
in the lap of luxury
the last lap

lap

US /læp/

Word Forms

singularlap
plurallaps

DEFINITIONS3
  1. 1
    countable the top half of your legs above your knees when you sit down
    on/in someone’s lap:

    The cat settled on Christine’s lap.

    He sat with his hands clasped in his lap.

    Synonyms and related words

    Other parts of the body from the outside
  2. 2
    countable one complete trip around a course in a race

    The race is twelve laps of a seven-mile circuit.

    Synonyms and related words

    Races and racing
  3. 3
    singular a part of a long trip, especially after a stop

    They caught a taxi for the next lap of their trip.

    Synonyms and related words

    Parts of a journey

phrases

drop/dump something in someone’s lap
drop/fall into/land in someone’s lap
in the lap of luxury
the last lap

lap

UK /læp/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/theylap
he/she/itlaps
present participlelapping
past tenselapped
past participlelapped

DEFINITIONS3
  1. 1

    lap

    or

    lap up

    transitive if an animal laps water, it drinks it gently with its tongue
    Synonyms and related words

    Animal behaviour
  2. 2
    intransitive/transitive Sound Effect ♬♬♬♬♬♬if water laps something or laps against something, it moves against it gently with a soft sound

    The waves lapped gently against the rocks.

    the sound of the sea lapping the shore

    Synonyms and related words

    What liquids can do
  3. 3
    transitive to pass someone else who is competing in a race when you are ahead of them by a whole lap
    Synonyms and related words

    Races and racing

phrasal verbs

lap up

lap

US /læp/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/theylap
he/she/itlaps
present participlelapping
past tenselapped
past participlelapped

DEFINITIONS3
  1. 1

    lap

    or

    lap up

    transitive if an animal laps water, it drinks it gently with its tongue
    Synonyms and related words

    Animal behavior
  2. 2
    transitive to pass someone else who is competing in a race when you are ahead of them by a whole lap
    Synonyms and related words

    Races and racing
  3. 3
    intransitive/transitive Sound Effect ♬♬♬♬♬♬if water laps something or laps against something, it moves against it gently with a soft sound

    The waves lapped gently against the rocks.

    the sound of the sea lapping the shore

    Synonyms and related words

    What liquids can do

phrasal verbs

lap up
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