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 security services were clearly caught napping.
  保安工作明显有漏洞。
• The sudden attack caught the guards napping.
  卫兵们给突然袭击打了个措手不及。
• 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。
• 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。
• Clive is a clever swindler, but the police will catch him napping sooner or later.
  克莱夫是个有技巧的骗子，但警察迟早会出其意地抓住他的。
• All I need to decide now is how long I should be napping for.
  我现在需要决定的是，我应该午睡多长时间。
• When marine mammals sleep and swim at once, they are in a state similar to napping.
  当海洋哺乳动物一边睡觉一边游泳时，它们处在与打瞌睡相似的状态。
• This might involve extra sleep by napping, going to bed early, or sleeping in to catch up.
  这可能包括额外的午睡、早睡或者情不自禁的打瞌睡。
• What is needed, he says, is a napping policy.
  他表示，现在需要的，是一项午睡政策。
• Napping after learning something new could help you commit it to memory-as long as you dream, scientists say.
  科学家称，在学了一些新东西之后小睡一会儿能够帮助大脑记忆-只要你做了梦。