nap
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Động từ
verb- 1.
To have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day.
Đồng nghĩa: snooze, doze, kip
- 2.
(figuratively)To be off one's guard.
The regulators were caught napping by the financial collapse.
- 3.
To form or raise a soft or fuzzy surface on (fabric or leather).
- 4.
(obsolete)To grab; to nab.
- 5.
(cooking) To cover (something) with a sauce. (usually in the passive)
Danh từ
noun- 1.
A short period of sleep, especially one during the day.
Đồng nghĩa: cark, doss, rest, sleep, shut-eye, bed booger(s), crusty, eye booger(s), eye bogie(s), eye crust, eye goop, eye gunk, eye sand, eye snot, gound, sleeper, sleepies, sleepy, sleepy booger(s), sleepy dust, sleepy sand
- 2.
(countable, uncountable)A soft or fuzzy surface, generally on fabric or leather.
If incorporated in automatic guidance, this practical pursuit adjustment will enhance pilot acceptance of automatic guidance in following nap-of-the-earth profiles with precision.
- 3.
(countable, uncountable)The common direction, on some kinds of fabric, of the hairs making up the pile.
If the fabric has a nap, make sure all pieces are cut with the nap going the same direction.
- 4.
(British, countable, uncountable)A type of bet in British horse racing, based on the experts' best tips.
- 5.
(uncountable)(uncountable, card games) A card game in which players take tricks; properly Napoleon.
- 6.
(countable, uncountable)A bid to take five tricks in the card game Napoleon.
- 7.
(Northern England, Scotland)A cup, bowl.
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From Middle English nappen, from Old English hnappian (to doze, slumber, sleep), from *hnappōn (to nap). Cognate with hnaffezan, hnaffezzan (whence nafzen to slumber whence dialectal napfezen, nafzen (to nod, slumber, nap)).