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

• So, what I recommend is three naps a week of 20 minutes each.
  所以，我推荐的是每周进行三次午睡，每次午睡进行20分钟。
• 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。
• And you take naps, guys, right in the middle of the day.
  你午睡，伙计们，在一天的正中间。
• 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。
• Wait, you were taking naps when the kids were?
  等下，你说孩子们玩的时候，你睡午觉？
• Jack, cut it out& Dad is trying to take some naps.
  杰克，别打闹了&爸爸要午睡一会儿。
• How many naps did you take while you made this?
  你在拍的时候，小睡了几次？
• Well-brought-up young ladies take naps at parties.
  有教养的女孩在派对中都要午睡。
• 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。
• Try not to take naps during the day because naps may make you less sleepy at night.
  白天尽量不要小睡，因为小睡可以使你在晚上睡眠减少。