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单词 lap up
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lap up

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verb (tr, adverb)

to eat or drink
to relish or delight inhe laps up old horror films
to believe or accept eagerly and uncriticallyhe laps up tall stories

Words nearby lap up

lapsus linguae, Laptev Sea, laptop, laptray, La Puente, lap up, Laputa, lapwing, laqueus, lar, Lara
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with lap up

lap up

Take in or receive very eagerly, as in She loves to travel—she just laps it up, or The agency is lapping up whatever information their spies send in. This expression alludes to an animal drinking greedily. [Late 1800s]

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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