单词	lap
释义	noun | verb laplap1 /læp/ ●●○ S3 noun [countable] Etymology ETYMOLOGYlap1 Origin: (1, 3-5) Old English læppa Collocations COLLOCATIONS► on ... lap  Teddy sat on his mother’s lap. ► in ... lap  She sat with her hands in her lap. ► victory lap  After the race, he took a victory lap (=a lap to celebrate winning). 1the upper part of your legs when you are sitting down:  Teddy sat on his mother’s lap. She sat with her hands in her lap.2a single trip around a race track or between the two ends of a pool:  Every morning she swims fifty laps of the pool. After the race, he took a victory lap (=a lap to celebrate winning).3drop/dump something in somebody’s lap spoken to make someone else deal with something difficult that is your responsibility:  My boss just dumps these problems in my lap and expects me to deal with them.4drop/fall into somebody’s lap (also land in somebody’s lap) if something drops into your lap, it suddenly happens to you or is given to you without you having to make any effort5in the lap of luxury having a very easy and comfortable life with a lot of money, expensive possessions, etc. [Origin: (1, 3-5) Old English læppa] noun | verb laplap2 verb (lapped, lapping) Etymology ETYMOLOGYlap2 Origin: (1-2) Old English lapian (3) 1200-1300 Probably from ➔ LAP1(1) in the earlier meaning fold, piece of cloth Verb Table VERB TABLE lap Simple Form Present I, you, we, they lap he, she, it laps Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they lapped Present perfect I, you, we, they have lapped he, she, it has lapped Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had lapped Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will lap Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have lapped Continuous Form Present I am lapping he, she, it is lapping you, we, they are lapping Past I, he, she, it was lapping you, we, they were lapping Present perfect I, you, we, they have been lapping he, she, it has been lapping Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been lapping Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be lapping Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been lapping Thesaurus THESAURUS to pour a liquid into your mouth and swallow it► drink to pour a liquid into your mouth and swallow it:  What do you want to drink? Charlie drinks too much coffee. ► sip to drink something in very small amounts:  The coffee was hot, and she sipped it carefully. ► take a sip to drink a small amount of a liquid:  Take a sip of this and tell me how it tastes. ► slurp to drink something in a noisy way:  Stop slurping your soup. ► gulp (down) to drink all of something very quickly:  Ed gulped down the water and asked for another glass. ► imbibe formal to drink something, especially alcohol or something else that affects your body. Used especially in literature or scientific writing:  Levels of the hormone go up in women two hours after imbibing alcohol. ► lap (up) if an animal laps a drink, it drinks by touching the liquid with its tongue:  The cat quickly lapped up all the milk in the bowl. 1 [intransitive, transitive] if water laps something or laps against something such as the shore or a boat, it moves against it or hits it in small waves: lap at/over/against etc. We sat on the shore and let the warm water lap over our feet.2[intransitive, transitive] if an animal laps something, it drinks it by making small tongue movements SYN lap up► see thesaurus at drink13a)[transitive] to pass a competitor in a race after having completed a whole lap more than they have:  Schumacher lapped everyone in the Grand Prix. b)[intransitive, transitive] to make a single trip around a track, racecourse, etc. in a particular time4[intransitive, transitive] formal if one thing laps another, a part of one covers part of the other SYN overlap5[transitive always + adv./prep.] literary to fold or wrap something around something else—lapping noun [uncountable]lap something ↔ up phrasal verb1to enjoy or believe something without criticizing or doubting it at all:  The children lapped up their grandfather’s stories.2if an animal laps something up, it drinks it by making small tongue movements3to drink all of something eagerly
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