lap

noun

1. （坐着时的）大腿部
   the top part of your legs that forms a flat surface when you are sitting down
   1. There's only one seat so you'll have to sit on my lap .
      只有一个座位，你只好坐在我腿上了。
   2. She sat with her hands in her lap .
      她双手放在大腿上坐着。
2. （跑道等的）一圈
   one journey from the beginning to the end of a track used for running, etc.
   1. the fastest lap on record
      在纪录上最快的一圈
   2. She has completed six laps.
      她跑完六圈了。
   3. He was overtaken on the final lap.
      他在最后一圈被超过。
   4. to do a lap of honour (= go around the track again to celebrate winning)
      绕场一周欢庆胜利
   5. to do a victory lap
      绕场一周庆祝胜利
3. （行程或工作中的）一段，环节
   a section of a journey, or of a piece of work, etc.
   1. They're off on the first lap of their round-the-world tour.
      他们踏上环游世界的第一段行程。
   2. We've nearly finished. We're on the last lap .
      我们接近完工了，正在处理最后的一部分工作。

verb

1. （轻柔而有规律地）拍打
   to touch sth gently and regularly, often making a soft sound
   1. The waves lapped around our feet.
      波浪轻轻地拍打着我们的脚。
   2. the sound of water lapping against the boat
      水轻轻拍打船帮的声音
2. 舔食；舔着喝
   to drink sth with quick movements of the tongue
3. 领先一圈（或数圈）
   to pass another runner on a track who is one or more laps behind you

1. N-COUNT （人坐着时的）大腿部
   If you have something on your lap when you are sitting down, it is on top of your legs and near to your body.
   1. She waited quietly with her hands in her lap...
      她双手放在腿上静静等候。
   2. Hugh glanced at the child on her mother's lap.
      休瞥了一眼坐在她妈妈膝上的小女孩。
2. N-COUNT （比赛中的）一圈
   In a race, a competitor completes a lap when they have gone round a course once.
   1. ...that last lap of the race...
      比赛最后一圈
   2. On lap two, Baker edged forward.
      第二圈时，贝克悄然赶了上去。
3. VERB （比赛中）对…完成套圈
   In a race, if you lap another competitor, you go past them while they are still on the previous lap.
   1. He was caught out while lapping a slower rider.
      他在套圈超越一位落后的车手时出了错。
4. N-COUNT 一段路程；一段行程
   A lap of a long journey is one part of it, between two points where you stop.
   1. I had thought we might travel as far as Oak Valley, but we only managed the first lap of the journey.
      我原以为我们最远能到达橡树谷，结果只走完了第一段路程。
5. VERB （水）轻拍，轻打
   When water laps against something such as the shore or the side of a boat, it touches it gently and makes a soft sound.
   1. ...the water that lapped against the pillars of the boathouse...
      轻拍着船屋支柱的海水
   2. With a rising tide the water was lapping at his chin before rescuers arrived...
      救援人员到达时上涨的潮水已经淹到了他的下巴。
   3. The building was right on the river and the water lapped the walls.
      建筑物就矗立在水中，河水轻轻拍打着墙壁。
6. VERB （动物）舐，舔
   When an animal laps a drink, it uses short quick movements of its tongue to take liquid up into its mouth.
   1. The cat lapped milk from a dish.
      猫舔食盘中牛奶。
   2. Lap up means the same as lap .
      lap up同lap
   3. She poured some water into a plastic bowl. Faust, her Great Dane, lapped it up with relish.
      她往一个塑料碗里倒了一些水，她的大丹犬福斯特便美滋滋地舔起来。
7. PHRASE （成败）难以预料，非人力所能左右
   If you say that a situation is in the lap of the gods, you mean that its success or failure depends entirely on luck or on things that are outside your control.
   1. They had to stop the operation, so at that stage my life was in the lap of the gods.
      他们不得不停止手术，所以那时的我只能听天由命。
8. PHRASE 养尊处优；锦衣玉食
   If you say that someone lives in the lap of luxury, you mean that they live in conditions of great comfort and wealth.
   1. We don't live in the lap of luxury, but we're comfortable.
      我们的生活虽然并非锦衣玉食，也算是衣食无忧。

1. I cradled my video camera nervously on my lap, but its cold contours did nothing to comfort me.
   我紧张地把摄影机架在大腿上，但是它冰冷的外形并没能给我任何安慰。
2. 'I'm not sure I've ever driven a better lap,' crowed a delighted Irvine.
   “我想这也许是我开得最棒的一圈，”欧文高兴地欢呼道。
3. Going into the fourth lap, the two most broadly experienced riders led the field
   进入第四圈时，两名身经百战的骑手开始领先。
4. Mrs Ringrose sat down and folded her hands in her lap.
   林罗斯夫人坐下来，双手叠放在腿上。
5. A lady always sits quietly with her hands in her lap.
   淑女端坐时总是双手放在膝上，不发一言。
6. She waited quietly with her hands in her lap
   她双手放在腿上静静等候。
7. Hugh glanced at the child on her mother's lap.
   休瞥了一眼坐在她妈妈膝上的小女孩。
8. On lap two, Baker edged forward.
   第二圈时，贝克悄然赶了上去。
9. He was caught out while lapping a slower rider.
   他在套圈超越一位落后的车手时出了错。
10. I had thought we might travel as far as Oak Valley, but we only managed the first lap of the journey.
    我原以为我们最远能到达橡树谷，结果只走完了第一段路程。
11. With a rising tide the water was lapping at his chin before rescuers arrived
    救援人员到达时上涨的潮水已经淹到了他的下巴。
12. The building was right on the river and the water lapped the walls.
    建筑物就矗立在水中，河水轻轻拍打着墙壁。
13. The cat lapped milk from a dish.
    猫舔食盘中牛奶。
14. They had to stop the operation, so at that stage my life was in the lap of the gods.
    他们不得不停止手术，所以那时的我只能听天由命。
15. Their audience will lap up whatever they throw at them
    不管是什么节目，他们的观众都照单全收。
16. She turned back to the Bible lying open in her lap
    她将注意力又转回到摊放在腿上的《圣经》。
17. She lowered her gaze to the hands in her lap.
    她低头盯着放在大腿上的双手。
18. He picked the napkin from his lap and placed it alongside his plate
    他拿起腿上的餐巾，放在盘子旁边。
19. Gardner recorded the fastest lap in qualifying to earn pole position for today's US Grand Prix.
    加德纳在资格赛中创下了最快圈速的纪录，赢得了今天美国大奖赛的杆位。
20. As I completed my 26th lap the Porsche puffed blue smoke.
    我跑了26圈时，保时捷车冒出了蓝烟。
21. He punctured a tyre in the last lap.
    最后一圈时，他的轮胎扎破了一个。
22. A man I easily recognized as Luke's father sat with a newspaper on his lap.
    我一眼就认出那人是卢克的父亲，他坐在那里，膝盖上放着一份报纸。
23. I caught him a lap later, and although I could pass him I could not shake him off
    一圈后我追上了他，可是虽然我可以超过他，但却甩不掉他。
24. He used to sit me on his lap
    他过去常常让我坐在他的腿上。
25. I went to overtake him on the back straight on the last lap.
    最后一圈时我在非终点直道上超过了他。
26. She clasped her hands together on her lap
    她十指紧扣，放在膝上。
27. By the third lap Kinkead had touched 289 m.p.h.
    到第三圈时，金基德的车速达到了每小时289英里。
28. My legs failed me and I wasn't able to run the last lap.
    我这腿不争气，最后一圈跑不动了。
29. On the third lap he left the other runners far behind.
    跑到第三圈，他已经把别人远远地抛在后面了。

lap sth↔up

1. （不加考虑地）乐于接受
   to accept or receive sth with great enjoyment, without thinking about whether it is good, true or sincere
   1. There's only one seat so you'll have to sit on my lap .
      只有一个座位，你只好坐在我腿上了。
   2. She sat with her hands in her lap .
      她双手放在大腿上坐着。
2. 开怀畅饮
   to drink all of sth with great enjoyment
   1. the fastest lap on record
      在纪录上最快的一圈
   2. She has completed six laps.
      她跑完六圈了。
   3. He was overtaken on the final lap.
      他在最后一圈被超过。
   4. to do a lap of honour (= go around the track again to celebrate winning)
      绕场一周欢庆胜利
   5. to do a victory lap
      绕场一周庆祝胜利

n.

drop/dump sth in sb's lap

• 把（某事）推给他人负责
  to make sth the responsibility of another person
  1. They dropped the problem firmly back in my lap.
     他们把问题断然给我推了回来。

sth drops/falls into sb's lap

• （毫不费劲地）得到做称心事的机会；赐良机
  somebody has the opportunity to do sth pleasant without having made any effort
  1. My dream job just fell into my lap.
     我没费劲就找到了梦寐以求的工作。

in the lap of the gods

• 由神掌管；结果难以预料；非人力所能左右
  if the result of sth is in the lap of the gods , you do not know what will happen because it depends on luck or things you cannot control

in the lap of luxury

• 生活优裕；养尊处优
  in easy, comfortable conditions, and enjoying the advantages of being rich

noun

1. touching with the tongue
   1. the dog's laps were warm and wet

   Synonym:    lick

2. movement once around a course
   1. he drove an extra lap just for insurance

   Synonym:    circlecircuit

3. a flap that lies over another part
   1. the lap of the shingles should be at least ten inches

   Synonym:    overlap

4. the part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs
   1. his lap was covered with food stains

   Synonym:    lap covering

5. the upper side of the thighs of a seated person
   1. he picked up the little girl and plopped her down in his lap

6. an area of control or responsibility
   1. the job fell right in my lap

verb

1. wash or flow against
   1. the waves laved the shore

   Synonym:    lavewash

2. take up with the tongue
   1. The cat lapped up the milk
   2. the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast

   Synonym:    lap uplick

3. pass the tongue over
   1. the dog licked her hand

   Synonym:    lick

4. move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound
   1. The bubbles swoshed around in the glass
   2. The curtain swooshed open

   Synonym:    swishswoshswoosh

5. lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another