English Dictionary

lap

IPA（発音記号）

/læp/

動詞

自動詞 他動詞 前置詞句

(transitive, intransitive) To take (liquid) into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue.

日本語の意味

（液体などを）舐める / 舌を素早く動かして液体などを舐め取る

The kitten began to lap the milk from the saucer.

子猫は皿のミルクを舌で舐め始めた。

意味（1）

(transitive, intransitive) To take (liquid) into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue.

Don’t lap your soup like that, you look like a dog.

意味（2）

(intransitive, of water) To wash against a surface with a splashing sound; to swash.

I heard the ripple washing in the reeds, / And the wild water lapping on the crag.

laps （ present singular third-person ）

lapping （ participle present ）

lapped （ participle past ）

lapped （ past ）

lapt （ archaic participle past ）

lapt （ archaic past ）