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• n. 一圈；膝盖；下摆；山坳
• vt. 使重叠；拍打；包围
• vi. 重叠；轻拍；围住
• n. (Lap)人名；(越)立

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. the upper side of the thighs of a seated person;

"he picked up the little girl and plopped her down in his lap"

2. an area of control or responsibility;

"the job fell right in my lap"

3. the part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs;

"his lap was covered with food stains"

4. a flap that lies over another part;

"the lap of the shingles should be at least ten inches"

5. movement once around a course;

"he drove an extra lap just for insurance"

6. touching with the tongue;

"the dog's laps were warm and wet"

lap

lap: English now has three distinct words lap, but probably two of them are ultimately related. Lap ‘upper legs of a seated person’ [OE] originally meant ‘flap of a garment’, and it goes back to a prehistoric Germanic source which also produced German lappen ‘rag, cloth, flap, lobe’, and which may lie behind label [14]. It seems likely that lap in the sense ‘folds of a garment’ was the basis of the Middle English verb lap, which meant ‘wrap’, and hence ‘extend beyond’.

From this come both the verb overlap [18] and the noun lap [18], whose modern meaning ‘one circuit of a course’ emerged in the 19th century. Lap ‘lick up’ [OE] comes from a prehistoric Germanic base *lap-, which was related to Latin lambēre ‘lick’ (source of English lambent [17], and possibly responsible also for lamprey and limpet).
=> label; lambent

lap (n.)

Old English læppa (plural læppan) "skirt or flap of a garment," from Proto-Germanic *lapp- (cognates: Old Frisian lappa, Old Saxon lappo, Middle Dutch lappe, Dutch lap, Old High German lappa, German Lappen "rag, shred," Old Norse leppr "patch, rag"), from PIE root *leb- "be loose, hang down."

Sense of "lower part of a shirt" led to that of "upper legs of seated person" (c. 1300). Used figuratively ("bosom, breast") from late 14c., as in lap of luxury, first recorded 1802. From 15c.-In 17c. the word (often in plural) was a euphemism for "female pudendum," but this is not the source of lap dance, which is first recorded 1993.

To lap dance, you undress, sit your client down, order him to stay still and fully clothed, then hover over him, making a motion that you have perfected by watching Mister Softee ice cream dispensers. [Anthony Lane, review of "Showgirls," "New Yorker," Oct. 16, 1995]

That this is pleasure and not torment for the client is something survivors of the late 20c. will have to explain to their youngers.

lap (v.1)

"take up liquid with the tongue," from Old English lapian "to lap up, drink," from Proto-Germanic *lapojan (cognates: Old High German laffen "to lick," Old Saxon lepil, Dutch lepel, German Löffel "spoon"), from PIE imitative base *lab- (cognates: Greek laptein "to sip, lick," Latin lambere "to lick"), indicative of licking, lapping, smacking lips. Meaning "splash gently" first recorded 1823, based on similarity of sound. Related: Lapped; lapping.

lap (v.2)

"to lay one part over another," early 14c., "to surround (something with something else)," from lap (n.). Figurative use, "to envelop (in love, sin, desire, etc.)" is from mid-14c. The sense of "to get a lap ahead (of someone) on a track" is from 1847, on notion of "overlapping." The noun in this sense is 1670s, originally "something coiled or wrapped up;" meaning "a turn around a track" (1861) also is from this sense. Related: Lapped; lapping; laps.

If the Thames were lapping around Big Ben, Londoners would face up to the problem of emissions pretty quickly.

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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。

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She sat with her hands in her lap .

她双手放在大腿上坐着。

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the fastest lap on record

在纪录上最快的一圈

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She has completed six laps.

她跑完六圈了。

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He was overtaken on the final lap.

他在最后一圈被超过。

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to do a lap of honour (= go around the track again to celebrate winning)

绕场一周欢庆胜利

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(North Amercian English)to do a victory lap

绕场一周庆祝胜利

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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。

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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。

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They dropped the problem firmly back in my lap.

他们把问题断然给我推了回来。

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My dream job just fell into my lap.

我没费劲就找到了梦寐以求的工作。

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The waves lapped around our feet.

波浪轻轻地拍打着我们的脚。

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the sound of water lapping against the boat

水轻轻拍打船帮的声音

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It's a terrible movie but audiences everywhere are lapping it up.

这是一部很糟糕的电影，可各地的观众却趋之若鹜。

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She simply lapped up all the compliments.

什么恭维话她都照单全收。

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The calf lapped up the bucket of milk.

牛犊把那桶牛奶津津有味地喝光了。

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She waited quietly with her hands in her lap...

她双手放在腿上静静等候。

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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。

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...that last lap of the race...

比赛最后一圈

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On lap two, Baker edged forward.

第二圈时，贝克悄然赶了上去。

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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。

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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。

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...the water that lapped against the pillars of the boathouse...

轻拍着船屋支柱的海水

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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。

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The cat lapped milk from a dish.

猫舔食盘中牛奶。

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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。

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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。

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