tap
tap1
noun
[with obj.]
on tap
tappable
adjective
语源
tap2
(tapped, tapping)
[with obj.]
tapper
noun
语源
noun
- a device by which a flow of liquid or gas from a pipe or container can be controlled
龙头；阀门
■a device connected to a telephone used for listening secretly to someone's conversations
窃听器
■an act of listening secretly to someone's telephone conversation
窃听
■(亦作 tapping)(Brit.)an electrical connection made to some point between the end terminals of a transformer coil or other component
(英)（电）分接头 - an instrument for cutting a threaded hole in a material
螺丝攻 - (Brit.)a taproom
(英)酒吧
[with obj.]
- draw liquid through the tap or spout of (a cask, barrel, or other container)
旋开（桶等容器）放出液体
■draw (liquid) from a cask, barrel, or other container
（从桶等容器中）倒出（液体）
■(常作 be tapped)connect a device to (a telephone) so that conversation can be listened to secretly
在（电话）上装窃听器
the telephones were tapped by the state security police.
电话被国家安全警察装了窃听器。
■(informal)obtain money or information from (someone)
(非正式)从…处获得钱（或信息）
he considered whom he could tap for information.
他在考虑可以找谁获得信息。
■exploit or draw a supply from (a resource)
开发（资源）
clients from industry seeking to tap Edinburgh's resources of expertise.
想利用爱丁堡专门技术资源的工业界客户。
[no obj.]these magazines have tapped into a target market of consumers.
这些杂志已经开发了消费者目标市场。
■draw sap from (a tree) by cutting into it
割开（树皮从中）取树液 - cut a thread in (something) to accept a screw
在…里面攻出螺纹
on tap
- ready to be poured from a tap
随时可以旋开旋塞供饮用
■(informal)freely available whenever needed
(非正式)可随时使用的
■(N. Amer. informal)on schedule to occur
(北美，非正式)按计划发生的
tappable
adjective
语源
- Old English tæppa 'peg for the vent-hole of a cask', tæppian 'provide (a cask) with a stopper', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch tap and German Zapfen (nouns)
tap2
(tapped, tapping)
[with obj.]
- strike (someone or something) with a quick light blow or blows
轻拍；轻击
one of my staff tapped me on the shoulder.
我的一个员工轻拍了一下我的肩膀。
■strike (something) against something else with a quick light blow or blows
轻轻地敲
Gloria was tapping her feet in time to the music.
格洛丽亚正用双脚跟着音乐打拍子。
■(tap something out)produce (a rhythm) with a series of quick light blows on a surface
敲出（节奏）
■write or enter (something) using a keyboard or keypad
（使用键盘）输入 - (常作 be tapped)(US informal)designate or select (someone) for a task or honour, especially membership of an organization or committee
(美，非正式)指定，选择
- a quick light blow or the sound of such a blow
轻敲；轻轻敲击声 - [mass noun]tap dancing
踢踏舞
■[count noun]a piece of metal attached to the toe and heel of a tap dancer's shoe to make a tapping sound
（踢踏舞鞋尖或鞋跟上的）金属片 - (taps)[treated as sing. or pl.](US)a bugle call for lights to be put out in army quarters
(美)（军营中的）熄灯号
■a similar call sounded at a military funeral
军队葬礼时吹的号声
■(Brit.)(in the Guide movement) a closing song sung at an evening camp fire or at the end of a meeting
(英)（女童子军活动中）篝火晚会上（或集会结束时）唱的结束曲
tapper
noun
语源
- Middle English: from Old French taper, or of imitative origin; compare with clap and rap
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