nap
[næp]
n. , 稍, 毛, 掷

vi. , 疏忽

vt. 使毛, 盹, 预测...获胜



nap
napped, napping
[ noun ]

1. a period of time spent sleeping

<noun.time>
he felt better after a little sleep
there wasn't time for a nap

2. a soft or fuzzy surface texture

<noun.attribute>

3. the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave

<noun.artifact>
for uniform color and texture tailors cut velvet with the pile running the same direction

4. sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed)

<noun.act>

5. a card game similar to whist; usually played for stakes

<noun.act>

[ verb ]

1. take a siesta

<verb.body> catch a wink catnap
She naps everyday after lunch for an hour

Nap \Nap\ (n[a^]p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Napped} (n[a^]pt); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Napping} (n[a^]p"p[i^]ng).] [OE. nappen, AS.
hn[ae]ppian to take a nap, to slumber; cf. AS. hnipian to
bend one's self, Icel. hnipna, hn[=i]pa, to droop.]
1. To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze. --Chaucer.

2. To be in a careless, secure state; to be unprepared; as,
to be caught napping. --Wyclif.
[1913 Webster +PJC]

I took thee napping, unprepared. --Hudibras.


Nap \Nap\, n.
A short sleep; a doze; a siesta. --Cowper.


Nap \Nap\, n. [OE. noppe, AS. hnoppa; akin to D. nop, Dan.
noppe, LG. nobbe.]
1. Woolly or villous surface of felt, cloth, plants, etc.; an
external covering of down, of short fine hairs or fibers
forming part of the substance of anything, and lying
smoothly in one direction; the pile; as, the nap of cotton
flannel or of broadcloth.

2. pl. The loops which are cut to make the pile, in velvet.
--Knight.


Nap \Nap\, v. t.
To raise, or put, a nap on.


Nap \Nap\, n.
Same as {Napoleon}, 1, below.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]