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
If it's lapping at the edges of the capital, however, it might be more of a problem.
如果暴乱正好发生在首都边缘地带，那么也许会更麻烦。
I saw [Jarno] Trulli lapping on his bike today and I don't see the point of that.
今天我看到诺诺骑着单车绕圈圈，我觉得这没啥意义。
I sat there in the boat listening to the gentle lapping of the water and watched the sun rise.
我坐在船头，倾听着悠扬的涛声，观看那喷薄而出的旭日。
"It's like the moment in Saving Private Ryan when you can hear the lapping of the boats as they're headed to the beach, " says Younis.
“那一刻有点像拯救大兵雷恩里的场景，当他们向海滩前进时，你可以听到海水拍打小船的声音，”Younis说。
"Will the sea obey me? " he asked; and he looked down atthe little waves which were lapping the sand at his feet.
“大海听我的吗？”他问，他俯视着拍打他脚下沙子的小浪花。
In the fall of 1913, he had a vision of a "monstrous flood" engulfing most of Europe and lapping at the mountains of his native Switzerland.
在1913年的秋天，他幻想「丑陋的洪水」吞没大半的欧洲，甚至高达他的祖国——瑞士的山峰之上。
Unless the briny is lapping at the door, which generally takes a hurricane, politicians give little thought to the sea.
除非是通常被飓风带来的海水涌到了家门口，否则政治家们几乎不会考虑海洋。
The dollar has gained strength, and the U. S. is back to its familiar position of lapping Europe and Japan in growth.
美元坚挺，美国的增长已经回到了人们熟悉的状态，将欧洲和日本抛在身后。
The eurozone crisis has worsened, with contagion spreading through Italy and Spain and lapping at the door of France.
欧元区危机进一步恶化，目前已席卷意大利和西班牙，并来到了法国门前。
Compared to the quiet lapping of water on my board this new sound was like a freight train blowing it's whistle into the night.
比起船上安静的水滴声，这个声音就像运货火车在夜晚呼啸而过。
Soft, soft hisses the desert, like the lapping of the ocean against the pebbles of the beach.
柔和的，沙漠柔和的嘶嘶声，就像海水不断轻拍海滩上的鹅卵石一样。
He was slapping his tambourine against his maroon wide-wale corduroys , a flap of shaggy brown hair lapping at his face, his eyes closed.
他正闭着眼睛，向自己身上穿的酱紫色粗条灯芯绒衣服上拍打手鼓，一缕褐色的头发不羁地搭在脸上，随着节奏上下抖动。
I could hear small lapping sounds beside me, as if a kindly monster was taking discreet sips of water from a large goblet.
耳边涛声絮语，像是一个友善的巨怪小心地从高脚酒杯里汲水时发出的声音。
By means of numeric calculation, the dynamic response of gear lapping system is obtained under different retarding torques.
通过数值计算，得到了不同制动转矩下，研齿系统的动态响应。
By this time, Love was growing a little anxious, as the waters were lapping at her feet.
到了这个时候，“爱”开始很焦虑，因为水已经升到她的脚面上了。
In a new study by researchers in the U. S. , high-speed footage has revealed how cats keep clean while lapping milk or water.
（配图说明）在美国研究者的一份最新研究中，高速胶片回放显示了猫是如何在舔食牛奶或水时保持清洁的。
The genie disappears and only the gentle lapping of beer on the hull breaks the stillness as the two men consider their circumstances.
精灵消失了，两个人安静地考虑他们的处境，只剩下啤酒轻轻拍击船壳的声音。
By the time the inevitable court battles are resolved, the waves may be lapping at our doorsteps.
到了不可避免的诉讼战得到解决时，海浪拍打可能会在我们家门口。
Secondly, parameters must be optimized in lapping process as follows: pressure, rotation, slurry concentration, flow, time.
在研磨工艺中，研磨压力、磨盘转速、磨液浓度、流量大小、研磨时间必须有效配合；
Shhh, if you listen quietly enough you might even hear the gentle waves of the dead pool lapping up along the shores of sorrow.
嘘，如果你侧耳倾听，或许还能听到郁闷的海岸边，波澜不惊的死水正在轻轻拍岸。
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