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。

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

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。
The sudden attack caught the guards napping.
卫兵们给突然袭击打了个措手不及。
All I need to decide now is how long I should be napping for.
我现在需要决定的是，我应该午睡多长时间。
Napping after studying can help with recall.
学习后小睡下能帮助记忆。
Researchers call this prophylactic napping.
研究人员称这个为预防性小睡。
Clive is a clever swindler, but the police will catch him napping sooner or later.
克莱夫是个有技巧的骗子，但警察迟早会出其意地抓住他的。
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。
Napping boosted scores on the word-pair test, but not the other two tests.
小睡会增进每组文字测试的分数，但并不是其它的两个测试。
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。
The security services were clearly caught napping.
保安工作明显有漏洞。