📖 Определения и значения для слова lap
📒 the top part of your legs that forms a flat surface when you are sitting down
- on somebody's lap There's only one seat so you'll have to sit on my lap.
- in somebody's lap She sat with her hands in her lap.
📒 one journey from the beginning to the end of a track used for running, etc.
- the fastest lap on record
- She has completed six laps.
- He was overtaken on the final lap.
📒 a section of a journey, or of a piece of work, etc.
- on the… lap They're off on the first lap of their round-the-world tour.
- We've nearly finished. We're on the last lap.
📒 to make something the responsibility of another person
- They dropped the problem firmly back in my lap.
📒 somebody has the opportunity to do something pleasant without having made any effort
- My dream job just fell into my lap.
📒 if the result of something is in the lap of the gods, you do not know what will happen because it depends on luck or things you cannot control
📒 in easy, comfortable conditions, and enjoying the advantages of being rich
- We spent two weeks in the hotel living in the lap of luxury.