lap

grembo

La superficie sopra le cosce quando si è seduti.

In inglese semplice: The top of your upper legs when you are sitting down.

• The cat sat on my lap.
• She held the baby in her lap.
• He balanced a notebook on his lap.

Come si usa: on someone’s lap (The child sat on her father’s lap.)

Espressioni comuni: on someone’s lap, in someone’s lap, sit on someone’s lap

giro, vasca

Un giro intero di pista o una vasca completa in piscina.

In inglese semplice: One complete trip around a track or along a swimming pool.

• I ran one lap.
• She completed ten laps of the pool.
• Who was leading on the final lap?

Come si usa: a lap of something (He ran a lap of the track.)

Sinonimi: circuit

Espressioni comuni: final lap, lap time, run a lap, swim a lap

sovrapposizione

Parte di un pezzo di materiale che si trova sopra un altro pezzo.

In inglese semplice: The part of one piece of material that lies over another piece.

• The lap must be wide enough.
• Water leaked through the lap between the sheets.
• The builder sealed each lap on the roof.

Sinonimi: overlap

Espressioni comuni: lap joint, sheet lap, lap width

lappare

Per un animale, bere toccando ripetutamente il liquido con la lingua.

In inglese semplice: If an animal does this, it drinks by repeatedly touching liquid with its tongue.

• The cat lapped the milk.
• A thirsty dog lapped water from the bowl.
• The kittens lap up their milk every morning.

Come si usa: lap something up (The kitten lapped the milk up.); lap something from something (The dog lapped water from a dish.)

Sinonimi: lick up

Espressioni comuni: lap up milk, lap the water, lap from something

piegare, ripiegare

Piegare un materiale in modo che una parte si trovi sopra un’altra.

In inglese semplice: To bend a piece of material so that one part lies over another.

• Lap the cloth over its edge.
• She lapped the fabric before sewing it.
• He lapped one corner of the sheet over another.

Come si usa: lap something over something (She lapped the cloth over the edge.)

Sinonimi: fold

Contrari: unfold

Espressioni comuni: lap the cloth, lap an edge, lap something over

avvolgere

Coprire qualcosa girandogli attorno un tessuto o altro materiale.

In inglese semplice: To cover or surround something by winding material around it.

• She lapped the baby in a blanket.
• He lapped a bandage around his finger.
• The cloth was lapped around the broken handle.

Come si usa: lap something in something (They lapped the fragile bowl in cloth.); lap something around something (She lapped a bandage around his wrist.)

Sinonimi: wrap, enwrap

Contrari: unwrap

Espressioni comuni: lap something around something, lap in cloth, lap a bandage