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单词 catnap
释义
catnap
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkæt.næp/us
/ˈkæt.næp/
ashortsleep
小睡，打盹
Synonym
forty winksUKinformal
See also
napnoun
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Animal physiology: sleep & sleeping
  • be in the land of nodidiom
  • beauty
  • bed
  • bunk
  • bunk down
  • bye-byes
  • count
  • dead
  • delayed sleep phase pattern
  • drift off
  • drop
  • flake
  • power nap
  • sleep
  • slumber
  • somnolence
  • soporifically
  • spark out
  • sparko
  • take to your bedidiom
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catnap
verb[I]
uk
/ˈkæt.næp/us
/ˈkæt.næp/
to have ashortsleep:
Thomas Edison wasfamousfor hisabilityto catnapanywhere.
He wastiredin thedayand would catnap and then be morewakefulatnight.
See also
napverb
More examples
  • He catnapped just beforedawnandroseto thealarmat seven.
  • She catnapped,shakingherselfawakeeverytimeshefeltherselfdriftingtowards adeepersleep.
  • Try and catnap when thebabysleeps, orevenjustlieinfrontof the TV for abit.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Animal physiology: sleep & sleeping
  • be in the land of nodidiom
  • beauty
  • bed
  • bunk
  • bunk down
  • bye-byes
  • count
  • dead
  • delayed sleep phase pattern
  • drift off
  • drop
  • flake
  • power nap
  • sleep
  • slumber
  • somnolence
  • soporifically
  • spark out
  • sparko
  • take to your bedidiom
See more results »
(Definition ofcatnapfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
Examples from literature
  • Throwing himself into a chair the surgeon, used to getting a catnap whenever and wherever possible, was soon sleeping as soundly as was his young patient.
  • What sleep there was came only in catnaps, for there was the constant noise of the pumps, and the running about of the sailors on the decks.
catnap
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkæt.næp/us
/ˈkæt.næp/
ashortsleep
小睡，打盹

catnap| American Dictionary

catnap
noun[C]
us
/ˈkæt·næp/
ashortsleep,esp. during theday
(Definition ofcatnapfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcatnap

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He required little sleep but was known to take catnaps.
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Overcome with exhaustion, he lies down on the bed for acatnap.
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The lyrics came to him in bits and pieces during this and other catnaps.
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But the fact is that they take a few dreamless catnaps spread throughout the day and go into a state of lucid dreaming at will, and quite often.
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