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

Napping has to be spontaneous; they have to feel the need to go and sleep.
小睡必须是自发的；他们必须觉得有需要去睡觉。
When marine mammals sleep and swim at once, they are in a state similar to napping.
当海洋哺乳动物一边睡觉一边游泳时，它们处在与打瞌睡相似的状态。
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。
Even napping can help consolidate your memories, and maybe even make you more creative.
甚至连打盹儿也可以帮你加固记忆，甚至让你更具创造力。
What is needed, he says, is a napping policy.
他表示，现在需要的，是一项午睡政策。
They say good things about napping.
他们说的都是打盹儿的好处。
Napping after studying can help with recall.
学习后小睡下能帮助记忆。
That afternoon while Wendy was napping, I went to the cellar.
那天下午我趁温迪午睡时去了地下室。
The Devil is poised to pounce, and would like nothing better than to catch you napping.
魔鬼正作势突袭，没有一件事比擒获打盹的人更令他高兴。
The question caught him napping.
这个问题出其不意地把他问倒了。