- [usually singular]
the top part of your legs that forms a flat surface when you are sitting down （坐着時的）大腿部 - on somebody's lap
There's only one seat so you'll have to sit on my lap. 只有一個座位，你只好坐在我腿上了。 - in somebody's lap
She sat with her hands in her lap. 她雙手放在大腿上坐着。
- on somebody's lap
one journey from the beginning to the end of a track used for running, etc. （跑道等的）一圈 the fastest lap on record 創紀錄的最快的一圈 She has completed six laps. 她跑完六圈了。 He was overtaken on the final lap. 他在最後一圈被超過。 to do a lap of honour (= go around the track again to celebrate winning) 繞場一周慶祝勝利 - (North American English)
to do a victory lap 繞場一周慶祝勝利
Extra ExamplesTopics Sports: other sportsc2He took a quick lap around the empty rink. 他在空蕩蕩的冰場上迅速滑了一圈。 He tripped and fell on the final lap. 他在最後一圈絆倒了。 He was swimming laps in the pool. 他正在泳池裏一圈一圈地遊。 I skated a victory lap around the rink. 我繞着滑冰場滑了一圈，慶祝勝利。 The fastest lap was completed at 208 mph. 最快的一圈以每小時 208 英裏的速度完成。 The silver medallist joined the winner in a lap of honour. 銀牌和金牌得主一起繞場一周。 The winner did a lap of honour. 獲勝者獲得了一圈榮譽。 an indoor heated lap pool 室内小型溫水健身泳池 Alonso was leading at the end of lap five. 阿隆索在第五圈結束時領先。 He immediately set the fastest lap of the race. 他立即跑出了比賽的最快圈速。 The 800m is two laps of the track. 800米要繞跑道兩圈。 The crowd cheered while the athletes ran their lap of honour. 獲勝運動員們繞場一圈時，人群歡呼起來。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- first
- opening
- final
- …
- complete
- do
- finish
- …
- record
- pool
- on the… lap
- a lap of honour/honor
a section of a journey, or of a piece of work, etc. （行程或工作等中的）一段，環節
Word Originnoun sense 1 Old English læppa, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lap, German Lappen ‘piece of cloth’. The word originally denoted a fold or flap of a garment (compare with lapel), later specifically one that could be used as a pocket or pouch, or the front of a skirt when held up to carry something (Middle English), hence the area between the waist and knees as a place where a child could be nursed or an object held. noun senses 2 to 3 Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘coil, fold, or wrap’): from the noun lap sense (1). The current senses date from the mid 19th cent.
Idioms
drop/dump something in somebody’s lap
something drops/falls into somebody’s lap
in the lap of the gods
if the result of something is in the lap of the gods, you do not know what will happen because it depends on luck or things you cannot control 由神掌管；結果難以預料；非人力所能左右
in the lap of luxury
in easy, comfortable conditions, and enjoying the advantages of being rich 生活優裕；養尊處優 We spent two weeks in the hotel living in the lap of luxury. 我們在旅館裏度過了兩周，過着奢華的生活。