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power nap

/pou-er nap/US // ˈpaʊ ər ˌnæp //

小睡一下,小睡片刻,小睡,小睡一会儿

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a brief sleep during the day, taken for the desired effect of improving one’s alertness and ability to work efficiently throughout the remainder of the day: The only thing I have left to do before the presentation is to take a 20-minute power nap.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to take a brief sleep during the day in order to improve one’s alertness and ability to work efficiently throughout the remainder of the day: Since he started power napping, his midafternoons have become much more productive.

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Examples

  • Wherever and whenever a speedy recharge is needed, the lucky owner can slip their head into this innovative design for a power nap at a desk, a cat nap at home or a trip to dreamland.

  • From this attitude he draws a singular comic and literary power.

  • And the fact that satire unnerves the intolerant is evidence of its positive power.

  • Would the Democrats rescind those rights if they were to return to power?

  • Employees strap a device to their heads and power a helicopter drone with their minds.

  • What it endangers is a narrow conception of Russian power, understood through the eyes of its dictatorial leader.

  • For this use of the voice in the special service of will-power, or propelling force, it is necessary first to test its freedom.

  • Wharton smiled at this littleness in so great a man, but determined that he should feel the power he despised.

  • He brings out all their power, brilliancy and careering wildness, and makes the greatest sensation of them.

  • She knew that she alone of all human beings was gifted with the power to understand and fully sympathize with him.

  • We live in an age that is at best about a century and a half old—the age of machinery and power.