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

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。
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。
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。
These findings show that napping helped the learning process.
这些研究结果表明，在学习过程中，午睡很有帮助。
Don't let the boss catch you napping!
别让老板发现你走神儿！
So what about you? Do you nap? Do you feel that it helps you? Napping has become part of my meditative work, and I certainly feel the difference after I take one.
所以你怎么看呢？你午睡吗？你觉得那样对你有帮助吗？打盹已经成为了我沉思工作的一部分了，小睡片刻以后，我也很明显地感觉到了改善。
Researchers call this prophylactic napping.
研究人员称这个为预防性小睡。
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。