词汇 | lap something ↔ up |
释义 | lap something ↔ uplap something ↔ up phrasal verbphr v a) ENJOY/LIKE DOING somethingto enjoy something without worrying about whether it is good, true etc 〔不分好坏、真假地〕欣然接受 She’s lapping up all the attention she’s getting. 对于大家的关心,她照单全收。 The humour was lapped up by an appreciative crowd. 有欣赏力的听众爱听这样的幽默。 b) if an animal laps up water, milk etc, it drinks it by putting its tongue into it 〔动物〕舔饮 The cat began to lap up the milk. 猫咪开始舔食牛奶。 Examples from the Corpus lap up• Fred, typically, was lapping it up.• It does sound silly at this distance of time, but then, green as grass, I lapped it all up.• Probably she would lap it up.• This was a most enjoyable set, with the orchestra obviously delighting in the direction and the audience lapping it up.• Francis and Christopher dissolved in laughter, lapped theirs up and declared it very good.• Induk laps it up, her tongue following the meandering trails.• Last week Katie Wood was living in the lap of luxury up in Wick.• Naturally, I can resist anything but flattery and lapped it up like a hungry cat does milk. → lap something ↔ up at lap2(1) |
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