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

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。
The security services were clearly caught napping.
保安工作明显有漏洞。
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。
I caught her napping when I went in.
我进去时发现她在打瞌睡。
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。
So I was brought up with the idea that cat napping was a good thing.
因此，在我成长过程中就有了这样一种想法：打盹儿是件好事。
Before napping, teach students the correct way to put on and take off their sweaters.
午睡前后，教幼儿正确的穿脱毛衣的方法。
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。
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。
What is needed, he says, is a napping policy.
他表示，现在需要的，是一项午睡政策。