1.[ususing]（坐着时的）大腿部the top part of your legs that forms a flat surface when you are sitting down
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。
She sat with her hands in her lap .她双手放在大腿上坐着。
2.（跑道等的）一圈one journey from the beginning to the end of a track used for running, etc.
the fastest lap on record在纪录上最快的一圈
She has completed six laps.她跑完六圈了。
He was overtaken on the final lap.他在最后一圈被超过。
to do a lap of honour(= go around the track again to celebrate winning)绕场一周庆祝胜利
to do a victory lap绕场一周庆祝胜利
3.（行程或工作等中的）一段，环节a section of a journey, or of a piece of work, etc.
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。
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。
They dropped the problem firmly back in my lap.他们把问题断然给我推了回来。
They dropped the problem firmly back in my lap.他们把问题断然给我推了回来。
My dream job just fell into my lap.我没费劲就找到了梦寐以求的工作。
My dream job just fell into my lap.我没费劲就找到了梦寐以求的工作。
1.[i]（轻柔而有规律地）拍打to touch sth gently and regularly, often making a soft sound
The waves lapped around our feet.波浪轻轻地拍打着我们的脚。
the sound of water lapping against the boat水轻轻拍打船帮的声音
2.[t]~ sth舔食；舔着喝to drink sth with quick movements of the tongue
3.[t]~ sb领先…一圈（或数圈）to pass another runner on a track who is one or more laps behind you
It was a perfect Obama family moment: a blend of the personal, the political and the fashionable and lapped up by an eager press.
这是一个完美的奥巴马家庭时刻：一种个人行为、政治事件和时尚举动的混合，并且受到新闻界的大力追捧。
Every word uttered by her, every scrap of knowledge she imparted, I lapped up as if it was mother's milk.
她所说的每一个字、所讲的每一个知识点，我都好似吸吮母亲乳汁般地舔舐着。
The cat lapped the porridge as if she had been nearly starved to death.
那猫舔着粥，似乎快饿死了。
He steeled himself to keep above the suffocating languor that lapped like a rising tide through all the wells of his being.
令人窒息的疲倦像涨潮一样，从他身体的各处涌过来，他还是顽强地打醒精神，不让自己被疲倦淹没。
Media pundits lapped up Gorbachev's "peace" speech, just as an earlier generation of media pundits lapped up Hitler's "peace" speeches.
新闻界的权威们衷心欢迎戈尔巴乔夫的“和平”演说，正如上一代的新闻界权威们衷心欢迎希特勒的“和平”演说一样。
Lapped bars may be allowed to touch one another within the lap length. See 8. 7 for more details.
箍筋可能被允许在单圈长度上彼此接触。以上细节见8.
A recent report by the Breakthrough Institute warned that the U. S. could be lapped by Asia in the clean-tech race.
突破研究所（BreakthroughInstitute）最近的报告警告说，在清洁技术竞赛中，亚洲可能会超过美国。
to spread a piece of microwave film, put a piece of chicken, the central put shredded ginger and green dish, lapped up again.
先铺一张微波薄膜，放上一片鸡肉，盘中央放姜丝与葱，再包卷起来。
He lapped himself in a warm blanket.
他把自己裹在温暖的毯子中。
About a foot of water lapped over the wall of the marina in front of the New York Mercantile Exchange in lower Manhattan.
关于水的脚舔墙在码头前在曼哈顿下城的纽约商品交易所。
This necessitates carefully preparation of the two sections to be lapped .
这需要认真地准备需搭接的两片衣片。
Three hundred men lapped with their hands to their mouths. All the rest got down on their knees to drink.
于是用手捧着舔水的有三百人，其余的都跪下喝水。
Where once the sea lapped almost at the feet of diners, there is now a vast expanse of rock and sand.
当年在食客脚边吟唱的海水，已经变成了片片石头和黄沙。
the inside of the two lapped surfaces is provided with a connecting band.
两搭接面的内侧安装有连接带。
They're not just ahead of their parents in the way they use technology, they've lapped their parents and are working at a whole new level.
在技术应用方面，这一代年轻人不只是超过了父辈，而且是已经远远领先在前，到了一个全新的工作层面。
The cat quickly lapped up all the milk and looked for more.
猫很快把整个牛奶舐食光了还想喝。
Especially, the method is suitable for spot welding and removes a surface oxidation film on a lapped welding interface to weld two members.
特别是适合于点接合，除去搭接面的接合界面的表面氧化膜，接合两个构件。
Water lapped the sides of the boat.
河水轻拍着小舟的两侧。
Other extravagant promises (a plot of land for every family, for instance) are derided by economists, but lapped up by the credulous.
其他一些慷慨的承诺（比如让每个家庭都获得大量土地）被经济学家嗤之以鼻，但是轻信的民众却欣然接受。
Near the end of the race he lapped some of the other runners.
在接近比赛结束时，他以一圈领先于其他一些选手。
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