lap

vt.折叠；包裹，缠绕；使搭接；磨亮，磨平

vi.折叠；部分重叠；舔；包围

n.膝；下摆；一圈跑道；范围

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

名词复数形式:laps 过去分词:lapped 现在分词:lapping 过去式:lapped 第三人称单数:laps

lap 大腿，一圈，舔食

1.来自古英语laeppa,挂布，衣摆，裙摆，词源同label,lapel，后用来指遮膝盖的裙摆，膝盖，大腿。 2.来自古英语*wlappan,围，裹，来自PIE*wel,转，弯，词源同envelop,involve.引申词义一圈。 3.来自PIE*lab,舔，拟声词，词源同labial,lip.

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。