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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
lap up \lap up\, v. t. [See lap, v. i.]
1. To take up (drink or food) with the tongue; to drink by
licking up.
[1913 Webster]
2. (fig.) To accept or enjoy enthusiatically and
uncritically.
[PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
lap up
v : take up with the tongue; "The cat lapped up the milk"; "the
cub licked the milk from its mother's breast" [syn: lap,
lick]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
lap up
vb.
1 To consume by lap#Etymology_3
2 (lb en idiomatic) To revel in, to overtly enjoy
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
lap up
vb.
1 To consume by lap#Etymology_3
2 (lb en idiomatic) To revel in, to overtly enjoy
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
lap up
vb.
1 To consume by lap#Etymology_3
2 (lb en idiomatic) To revel in, to overtly enjoy
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
lap up
vb.
1 To consume by lap#Etymology_3
2 (lb en idiomatic) To revel in, to overtly enjoy
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
lap up /lˈap ˈʌp/
schlecken, aufschlecken
Synonym: lap
see: lapping, lapping up, lapped, lapped up
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
48 Moby Thesaurus words for "lap up":
and sinker, be a sucker, be taken in, bib, bite, devour,
drain the cup, dram, drink, drink bottoms-up, drink deep,
drink hard, drink off, drink up, eat up, fall for,
follow strong drink, gargle, go for, gobble up, grog, gulp down,
guzzle, imbibe, knock back, lap, lick, line, nibble, nip, quaff,
sip, slurp, soak, soak up, sponge up, sup, swallow,
swallow anything, swallow hook, swallow whole, swing at,
take the bait, tipple, tope, toss down, toss off, tumble for
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
舔光,舔完;急欲知道
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