As a child Lucille would sit on her mother's lap and listen as she read poetry.

VOA: special.2010.04.18

I dreamed myself was pretty Paris, plucked by Aphrodite from the field and dropped into Helen's naked lap.

我梦见我自己是帅气的帕里斯，被阿弗洛狄特,从地上拽起来，跌落到海伦的裸露的两腿之间。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

It could be that what you want just drops into your lap without you knowing about it.

很有可能你想要的东西,在你不经意间就到来了

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

"He's the one in the lavender lap robe. And he's rising up into the heavens.

VOA: special.2010.01.27

George Mitchell looked tired but sounded upbeat, on the latest lap of his shuttle mission that has brought him from Syria and Israel to Egypt.

VOA: standard.2009.07.27