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

Don't let the boss catch you napping!
别让老板发现你走神儿！
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。
What is needed, he says, is a napping policy.
他表示，现在需要的，是一项午睡政策。
How does napping affect human performance in the afternoon and in the evening? We conducted an experiment to investigate this issue.
午睡对人在下午和晚上的工作有多大帮助？作者进行了一项实验研究这个问题。
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。
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。
Napping was for people who had nothing better to do other than sleep in the middle of the day.
午睡只是对于那些没有什么更好的事情做，只有在白天打盹的人有好处。
They say good things about napping.
他们说的都是打盹儿的好处。
The security services were clearly caught napping.
保安工作明显有漏洞。
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。