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

• 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。
• Don't let the boss catch you napping!
  别让老板发现你走神儿！
• Researchers call this prophylactic napping.
  研究人员称这个为预防性小睡。
• 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。
• They say good things about napping.
  他们说的都是打盹儿的好处。
• 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。
• Yet some companies take a very different stance on workplace napping.
  然而有些公司对在工作场合打盹采取了迥然不同的态度。
• Late afternoon napping can make daytime sleepiness worse if because it can interfere with nighttime sleep.
  傍晚的时候打个小盹会让日间瞌睡更加严重如果因为这会妨碍夜晚的睡眠。
• Napping a lot can make it difficult to fall asleep at night.
  午睡了很多，可以使人们难以入睡在夜间进行。
• 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。