英语词汇“lap”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

lap¹

(lăp)

a. The front area from the waist to the knees of a seated person.

b. The portion of a garment that covers the lap.

2. A hanging or flaplike part, especially of a garment.

3. An area of responsibility, interest, or control: an opportunity that dropped in his lap.

Idiom:

the lap of luxury

Conditions of great affluence or material comfort: an heiress living in the lap of luxury.

[Middle English lappe, lappet, lap, from Old English læppa, lappet.]

lapful′ n.

单词	lap
释义	lap¹ (lăp) n. 1. a. The front area from the waist to the knees of a seated person. b. The portion of a garment that covers the lap. 2. A hanging or flaplike part, especially of a garment. 3. An area of responsibility, interest, or control: an opportunity that dropped in his lap. *Idiom:* *the lap of luxury* Conditions of great affluence or material comfort: an heiress living in the lap of luxury. [Middle English lappe, lappet, lap, from Old English læppa, lappet.] lapful′ n.
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