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。

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

Before napping, teach students the correct way to put on and take off their sweaters.
午睡前后，教幼儿正确的穿脱毛衣的方法。
These findings show that napping helped the learning process.
这些研究结果表明，在学习过程中，午睡很有帮助。
They say good things about napping.
他们说的都是打盹儿的好处。
Researchers call this prophylactic napping.
研究人员称这个为预防性小睡。
How does napping affect human performance in the afternoon and in the evening? We conducted an experiment to investigate this issue.
午睡对人在下午和晚上的工作有多大帮助？作者进行了一项实验研究这个问题。
What is needed, he says, is a napping policy.
他表示，现在需要的，是一项午睡政策。
Don't let the boss catch you napping!
别让老板发现你走神儿！
The sudden attack caught the guards napping.
卫兵们给突然袭击打了个措手不及。
So what about you? Do you nap? Do you feel that it helps you? Napping has become part of my meditative work, and I certainly feel the difference after I take one.
所以你怎么看呢？你午睡吗？你觉得那样对你有帮助吗？打盹已经成为了我沉思工作的一部分了，小睡片刻以后，我也很明显地感觉到了改善。
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。