napping

英 [ˈnæpɪŋ]

美 [ˈnæpɪŋ]

v.  打盹，小睡(尤指日间)
nap的现在分词

COCA.41136

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (尤指在白天的)打盹，小睡
  If you have anap, you have a short sleep, usually during the day.
  1. Use your lunch hour to have a nap in your chair...
     利用午饭时间坐在椅子上打个盹吧。
  2. I might take a little nap.
     我可能会打个盹。
• VERB (尤指在白天)小睡，打盹
  If younap, you sleep for a short period of time, usually during the day.
  1. An elderly person may nap during the day and then sleep only five hours a night.
     老年人白天会小睡一会儿，然后晚上只睡5个小时。
• (地毯或天鹅绒等表面的)绒毛
  Thenapof a carpet or of a cloth such as velvet is the top layer of short threads, which usually lie smoothly in one direction.
• PHRASE 被弄得措手不及;猝不及防
  If someoneis caught napping, something happens when they are not prepared for it, although they should have been.
  1. The security services were clearly caught napping.
     保安工作明显有漏洞。

英英释义

adj

• not prepared or vigilant
  1. the blow caught him napping
  2. caught in an off-guard moment
  3. found him off his guard
  Synonym:off-guard(a)off guard(p)off one's guard(p)off his guardoff her guardoff your guard

双语例句

• The Devil is poised to pounce, and would like nothing better than to catch you napping.
  魔鬼正作势突袭，没有一件事比擒获打盹的人更令他高兴。
• Napping was for people who had nothing better to do other than sleep in the middle of the day.
  午睡只是对于那些没有什么更好的事情做，只有在白天打盹的人有好处。
• Napping boosted scores on the word-pair test, but not the other two tests.
  小睡会增进每组文字测试的分数，但并不是其它的两个测试。
• Even napping can help consolidate your memories, and maybe even make you more creative.
  甚至连打盹儿也可以帮你加固记忆，甚至让你更具创造力。
• Now some of these more unusual habits, from napping giraffes to birds that sleep while flying, have been revealed in an infographic.
  现在一些更不寻常的睡觉习惯已经用信息图表展示出来了，从打瞌睡的长颈鹿到边飞边睡的鸟类都有记录。
• This visually dazzling and boldly moral film caught many critics napping when it first came out.
  这部视效眩目、德上大胆的影片刚推出时招致了疏忽的批评。
• Researchers call this prophylactic napping.
  研究人员称这个为预防性小睡。
• Yet some companies take a very different stance on workplace napping.
  然而有些公司对在工作场合打盹采取了迥然不同的态度。
• That afternoon while Wendy was napping, I went to the cellar.
  那天下午我趁温迪午睡时去了地下室。
• Don't let the boss catch you napping!
  别让老板发现你走神儿！