Its body is covered with scales, which lap over each other, like the tiles of a roof.

鱼身上盖着鳞片, 鳞片就像瓦片一样, 是一片叠一片的。

The edge of each slab lapped over the edge of the slab below it.

每块板的边缘重叠在它下面的板的边缘上。

The boys waited two long minutes, as waves lapped gently over the great, motionless bodies.

孩子们等了两分钟，海浪轻轻地拍打着那两具巨大的、一动不动的身体。

For to play a system requires money, while the wages of a gardener's helper do not lap over the needs of a wife and numerous progeny.

因为这样赌是需要钱的，可是当个园丁助手，他挣的工钱要养活老婆和一大堆孩子，哪里还有余钱。