naps

英 [næps]

美 [næps]

n.  (日间的)小睡，打盹; (某些织物表面的)短绒毛; 赛马情报; 赛马结果预测
v.  打盹，小睡(尤指日间)
nap的第三人称单数和复数

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。

双语例句

• Naps also help when you know you're going to have to stay up later the same night.
  如果你知道当晚将熬夜，打盹也有帮助。
• Sleep is always the best medicine and some people find that small 20-minute naps can help increase productivity.
  睡觉永远是最好的良药，有些人发现，小睡20分钟的时间有助于提高效率。
• Is your father in the habit of having naps?
  你父亲有睡午觉的习惯吗？
• She naps everyday after lunch for an hour.
  她每天中午吃过午餐后都要午休一小时。
• They aren't factoring in naps to the day.
  他们不会考虑到孩子白天需要小睡。
• Edison did not sleep very much, but he took naps.
  爱迪生睡觉睡得不多，但他常打瞌睡。
• He called for further studies and said he would promote on-the-job naps if they prove useful.
  他呼吁政府应当对这一问题做进一步的调查研究，并称如果上班时睡觉有助于提高工作效率的话，那么这项政策就将得到推广。
• The baby's regime included two naps a day.
  这婴儿的生活规律包括一天小睡两次。
• LL: I wish my company had places like that for us to take power naps at work.
  我希望我们公司也象那样在我们工作期间给我们睡午觉的地方。
• Well-brought-up young ladies take naps at parties.
  有教养的女孩在派对中都要午睡。