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lap

/lap/US // læp //UK // (læp) //

大腿,搭接,圈子,圈

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
    • : the part of the clothing that lies on the front portion of the body from the waist to the knees when one sits.
    • : a place, environment, or situation of rest or nurture: the lap of luxury.
    • : area of responsibility, care, charge, or control: They dropped the problem right in his lap.
    • : a hollow place, as a hollow among hills.
    • : the front part of a skirt, especially as held up to contain something.
    • : a part of a garment that extends over another: the lap of a coat.
    • : a loose border or fold.

Phrases

  • lap of luxury, in the
  • lap of the gods, in the
  • lap up
  • drop in someone's lap

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • An ultra-portable lap desk with an adjustable easel helps remedy these problems, by providing that little ergonomic lift.

  • This makes it not only a great lap desk for working from a couch or coffee table—or even from the floor—but also an excellent standing desk converter for your existing work setup.

  • In order to win, a team’s autonomous car must be able to complete 20 laps—which equates to a little less than 50 miles in distance—and cross the finish line first in 25 minutes or less.

  • Human drivers who notice that their cars are close to overheating, for example, may decide to take the risk and finish a race if there are just a few laps left.

  • By July, we would normally have accumulated hundreds of laps worth of data from race weekends to help develop the car.

  • New Senate Majority Leader McConnell had just taken a victory lap held a press conference.

  • This is a certifiable situation in our collective nervous lap, and the time is now for.

  • Instead of taking a victory lap, she was was dodging reporters.

  • A. I struck him in the back of the head while he was in my lap fighting to break free.

  • Tihen had insisted he was in her lap as she struggled to handcuff him.

  • At the sight, Felipe flung himself on his knees before her; he kissed the aged hands as they lay trembling in her lap.

  • See the ease and grace of the lady in the sacque, who sits on the bank there, under the myrtles, with the guitar on her lap!

  • I turned round, thrust my purse into the lap of the nearest, and with a light heart led the lady back to the hotel.

  • There was a picture of Madame Lebrun with Robert as a baby, seated in her lap, a round-faced infant with a fist in his mouth.

  • Before that time we always put rope-yarn between the lap of the boiler-plates to make the seams tight.