释义 |
nap1 /nap/ intransitive verb (nappˈing; napped) To take a short or casual sleep noun A short or casual sleep ORIGIN: OE hnappian catch someone napping (informal) - To detect someone in error that might have been avoided
- To catch someone unprepared or off his or her guard
nap2 /nap/ noun- A woolly surface on cloth, now (distinguished from pile) such a surface raised by a finishing process, not made in the weaving
- The woolly surface removed in the process
- A cloth with such a surface
- A downy covering or surface on anything
- Bedding or a bedroll (Aust informal)
transitive verb (nappˈing; napped)- To raise a nap on
- To remove nap from
ORIGIN: ME noppe; appar from MDu or MLGer noppe napˈless adjective Without nap, threadbare nappˈiness noun nappˈy adjective - Downy
- Shaggy
- Frizzy (US inf)
nap3 /nap/ noun- The card game napoleon
- A call of five in that game
- The winning of five tricks
- A racing tip that professes to be a certainty, one that one may ‘go nap’ on
transitive verb (nappˈing; napped) To name (a particular horse) as certain to win nap hand noun - A series of five wins
- A situation in which a risk seems worth taking
go nap - To undertake to win all five tricks
- To score five times
- To risk on a single attempt
nap4 /nap/ transitive verb (nappˈing; napped)- To seize
- To steal
ORIGIN: Cf Swed nappa, Dan and Norw nappe to catch or snatch; relation to nab1 uncertain |