lap

lap
lap [læp]
1. noun
   a. ( = knees) genoux mpl
• sitting on his mother's lap assis sur les genoux de sa mère
• it fell right into his lap (inf) ça lui est tombé tout cuit dans le bec (inf)
• they dropped the problem in his lap ils lui ont collé (inf) le problème
• it's in the lap of the gods il faut s'en remettre au destin
• to live in the lap of luxury vivre dans le plus grand luxe
   b. (Sport) tour m de piste
• to run a lap faire un tour de piste
• on the 10th lap au 10e tour
• lap of honour tour m d'honneur
• we're on the last lap (of project, task) on a fait le plus difficile
2. transitive verb
   a. [+ milk] laper
   b. [+ runner, car] prendre un tour d'avance sur
3. intransitive verb
[waves] clapoter
   3. compounds
► lap dancing noun danse érotique où la danseuse s'assied sur les genoux d'un client
► lap up separable transitive verb
   a. [+ milk] laper
   b. [+ information] (inf) absorber ; [+ compliments] (inf) boire comme du petit-lait (inf) ; [+ attention] (inf) se délecter de
• he fairly lapped it up il buvait du petit-lait (inf)
* * *
[læp] 1.
noun
1) (area of body) genoux mpl

in one's lap — sur les genoux

2) Sport (of track) tour m de piste; (of racecourse) tour m de circuit

a ten-lap race — une course en dix tours

to be on the last lap — lit faire le dernier tour; fig en être à la dernière étape

3) (part of journey) étape f
2.
transitive verb (p prés etc -pp-)
1) Sport avoir un tour d'avance sur [person]
2) (drink) laper [water]
3.
intransitive verb (p prés etc -pp-) (splash) [water] clapoter
Phrasal Verbs:
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in the lap of the gods — entre les mains des dieux

in the lap of luxury — dans le plus grand luxe

to drop a problem in somebody's lap — se décharger d'un problème sur quelqu'un

to fall into somebody's lap — tomber tout cuit dans le bec de quelqu'un (colloq)


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