The waves lapped gently against the rocks.

【lap】波浪轻轻地拍打岩石。

There, hardly a hundred yards away, lapping against the walls of the houses, was water.

“幸亏烧伤没什么大的危险。”普德格伦说，一面指着他们右面。那边，不到一百码以外，就有海水在拍打着屋子的墙壁了。

The tide was running up fast, lapping against the ship's sides and straining the thick hawsers by which she was moored to the quay.

潮水涨得很快， 拍打着船的两侧， 拉紧了将她停泊在码头上的粗缆绳。

The water lapped against the stone walls of the basin and swirled in gentle eddies round the steps with a sound as of low laughter.

水拍打着盆地的石壁，在台阶周围形成柔和的漩涡，发出低沉的笑声。