lap

/læp/ n.
标准词条 CET-4
一句话记住

大腿部（人坐着时腰到膝盖的上方）；一圈；一段路程

释义与例句

n. 大腿部（人坐着时腰到膝盖的上方）
the flat area between the waist and the knees of a person who is sitting down
  1. The little girl fell asleep with her head on her mother's lap.
    小女孩把头枕在妈妈腿上睡着了。
  2. He put the book down on his lap and looked out of the window.
    他把书放在腿上，望向窗外。
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  1. The cat curled up in her lap and purred softly.
    猫蜷在她腿上，轻轻打着呼噜。
n. 一圈；一段路程
one complete circuit of a track, or a section of a journey between two places
  1. The runner in the blue shirt took the lead on the final lap.
    穿蓝衫的选手在最后一圈取得了领先。
  2. Each lap of the race is exactly four hundred metres.
    比赛每一圈正好四百米。
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  1. The old bus does two laps of the town every hour.
    那辆旧巴士每小时绕镇子跑两圈。

词源与构词

记忆钩子 lap 指坐着时大腿上方那块平面，不等于 knee（膝盖关节）；复数为规则变化 laps。

词族与关联词

同义词
  • circuit 环行；一圈
    circuit 强调绕行一周的路线，较正式，多用于赛道或电路；lap 更常用，指比赛中的“一圈”，也可指旅程的一段。正误对比：✓ the final lap of the race（日常说法）；circuit 也能用，但偏技术性。
    The cars completed fifty circuits of the track before the race ended. 比赛结束前，赛车在赛道上跑完了五十圈。
易混词（形近或义近，注意区别）
  • knee 膝盖
    knee 指腿部的关节本身；lap 指人坐着时大腿上面那块平面区域。正误对比：✓ The child sat on her lap.（孩子坐在她腿上）；✗ 想表达“抱在怀里”时说 on her knee，通常应改为 on her lap。
    He hurt his knee while playing football and had to sit out the match. 他踢球时伤了膝盖，只好退出比赛。
常见搭配
  • the final lap 最后一圈
    She speeded up on the final lap and won by a metre. 她在最后一圈加速，以一米的优势获胜。
  • a lap of honour 绕场一周的庆祝
    The champion did a lap of honour with the trophy. 冠军捧着奖杯绕场一周庆祝。
  • on her lap 在她的腿上
    The puppy sat quietly on her lap during the whole journey. 整个旅途中，小狗都安静地坐在她腿上。