lapping

基本解釋

This was first observed by an MIT engineer, who filmed a cat lapping liquid in 1940.
這最早由MIT 的一個工程師在1940年發(fā)現(xiàn)，他當時拍下了一只小貓?zhí)蛩漠嬅妗?/li>
In a new study by researchers in the U.S., high-speed footage has revealed how cats keep clean while lapping milk or water.
（配圖說明）在美國研究者的一份最新研究中，高速膠片回放顯示了貓是如何在舔食牛奶或水時保持清潔的。
But now there has spread a crack in your hull and your hold is heavy. Now is the time for you to end your voyage, to be rocked into sleep by the lapping of the water by the beach.
可是這一次，你的船身上已經展開了一道裂縫，你的貨艙裝載的貨物又很沉重，現(xiàn)在是你結束航行的時候了，讓輕輕拍岸的波浪搖你入睡吧。

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But players were lapping it up and spending huge amounts of time and money on the game.
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If you have something on your lap when you are sitting down, it is on top of your legs and near to your body.
In a race, a competitor completes a lap when they have gone around a course once.
In a race, if you lap another competitor, you go past them while they are still on the previous lap.
A lap of a long journey is one part of it, between two points where you stop.
When water laps against something such as the shore or the side of a boat, it touches it gently and makes a soft sound.
lapping
the act or sound of lapping
When an animal laps a drink, it uses short quick movements of its tongue to take liquid up into its mouth.
Lap up means the same as .

研磨加工
Based on this principle, the experimental equipment was designed and rebuilt. The lapping traces were controlled by computer.
論文基于該原理，進行了實驗裝置的設計和改造，并通過計算機對彈性浮動研磨加工運動軌跡控制，展開了實驗研究。
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