- [usually singular]
the top part of your legs that forms a flat surface when you are sitting down （坐着时的）大腿部 - on somebody's lap
There's only one seat so you'll have to sit on my lap. 只有一个座位，你只好坐在我腿上了。 - in somebody's lap
She sat with her hands in her lap. 她双手放在大腿上坐着。
- 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 创纪录的最快的一圈 She has completed six laps. 她跑完六圈了。 He was overtaken on the final lap. 他在最后一圈被超过。 to do a lap of honour (= go around the track again to celebrate winning) 绕场一周庆祝胜利 - (North American English)
to do a victory lap 绕场一周庆祝胜利
Extra ExamplesTopics Sports: other sportsc2He took a quick lap around the empty rink. 他在空荡荡的冰场上迅速滑了一圈。 He tripped and fell on the final lap. 他在最后一圈绊倒了。 He was swimming laps in the pool. 他正在泳池里一圈一圈地游。 I skated a victory lap around the rink. 我绕着滑冰场滑了一圈，庆祝胜利。 The fastest lap was completed at 208 mph. 最快的一圈以每小时 208 英里的速度完成。 The silver medallist joined the winner in a lap of honour. 银牌和金牌得主一起绕场一周。 The winner did a lap of honour. 获胜者获得了一圈荣誉。 an indoor heated lap pool 室内小型温水健身泳池 Alonso was leading at the end of lap five. 阿隆索在第五圈结束时领先。 He immediately set the fastest lap of the race. 他立即跑出了比赛的最快圈速。 The 800m is two laps of the track. 800米要绕跑道两圈。 The crowd cheered while the athletes ran their lap of honour. 获胜运动员们绕场一圈时，人群欢呼起来。
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，环节
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；结果难以预料；非人力所能左右
in the lap of luxury
in easy, comfortable conditions, and enjoying the advantages of being rich 生活优裕；养尊处优 We spent two weeks in the hotel living in the lap of luxury. 我们在旅馆里度过了两周，过着奢华的生活。