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tap

美音:[tæp ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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n.轻打,活栓,水龙头 vt.轻打,轻敲,敲打出,开发,分接,使流出,选择,攻螺纹于 vi.轻叩,轻拍,轻声走 n.<美>(用复数)熄灯号

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tap为小学词汇   词频:4062

词形变化:

动词过去式:tapped 过去分词:tapped 现在分词:tapping 第三人称单数:taps

近义词, 同义词

rap  snap  tap  knock  ping  click  clash  crack  crackle  crash  pop  slam  bang  blast  boom  clap  clang  clack  whack  wham  explode  detonate    

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faucet  pat  rap  spigot  valve    

tap


/tæp; tæp/
n
1 (US faucet) device for controlling the flow of liquid or gas out of a pipe or container (控制液体或气体流出的)龙头, 旋塞
*hot and cold taps, eg on a basin, bath, etc 冷水和热水的龙头
* turn the tap on/off 打开[关上]龙头
* Don't leave the taps running, ie Turn them off. 要把龙头关上. Cf 参看 valve 1.
2 act of tapping a telephone or connection for doing this 电话窃听(接线)
*put a tap on sb's phone 给某人的电话接通窃听器.
3 (idm 习语) on tap
(a) (of beer, etc) in a barrel with a tap; on draught (指啤酒等)装在有龙头的桶里的, 散装的.
(b) (fig 比喻) available when needed 现成的; 随时可获得的.

v (-pp-)
1 (a) [Tn] draw liquid from (sth) 从(某物)中放出液体
*tap a cask of cider 从桶中放出苹果酒.
(b) [Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p] ~ sth (off) (from sth) draw (liquid) through the tap of a barrel 打开桶的龙头放出(液体)
*tap off some cider 打开龙头放出些苹果酒
* tap cider from a cask 打开桶的龙头放出苹果酒.
2 (a) [Tn] cut the bark of (a tree) in order to collect the sap 割开(树)的皮(以收取汁液)
*tap rubber-trees 割胶.
(b) [Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p] ~ sth (off) collect (sap) in this way (割开树皮)收取(汁液).
3 [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sth/sb (for sth) extract or obtain (sth) from sth/sb 自某物[某人]处引出或获取(某物)
*vast mineral wealth waiting to be tapped 待开采的大量矿产
* new ways of tapping the skills of young people 使青年人发挥技能的新途径
* (infml 口) tap sb for a loan 向某人借钱.
4 [Tn] fit a listening device to (a telephone line) 在(电话线路)上装窃听器
*I think my phone is being tapped. 我想现在有人窃听我的电话.

/tæp; tæp/
n
1 [C] (sound of a) quick light blow 轻快的敲击(声)
*They heard a tap at the door. 他们听见轻轻的敲门声.
* He felt a tap on his shoulder. 他觉得有人轻拍他的肩膀.
* She gave the lid a few gentle taps to loosen it. 她把盖子轻拍了几下使它松动.
2 taps [sing v] (US) (in the armed forces) last bugle call of the day, the signal for lights to be put out (军队)熄灯号.

v (-pp-)
1 (a) [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sb/sth (with sth) knock gently on sb/sth 轻拍某人; 轻敲某物
*tab sb on the shoulder 轻拍某人肩膀
* He tapped the box with astick. 他用小棒敲打盒子.
(b) [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sth (against/on sth) strike (sth) lightly with sth 以某物轻击(某物)
*tapping her fingers on the table 用她的手指轻敲着桌子.
2 [I, Ipr] ~ (at/on sth) give a tap or taps 轻敲; 轻拍; 轻击; 轻踏
*Who's that tapping at the window? 谁在敲窗户?

/tæp; tæp/
n
1 (US faucet) device for controlling the flow of liquid or gas out of a pipe or container (控制液体或气体流出的)龙头, 旋塞
*hot and cold taps, eg on a basin, bath, etc 冷水和热水的龙头
* turn the tap on/off 打开[关上]龙头
* Don't leave the taps running, ie Turn them off. 要把龙头关上. Cf 参看 valve 1.
2 act of tapping a telephone or connection for doing this 电话窃听(接线)
*put a tap on sb's phone 给某人的电话接通窃听器.
3 (idm 习语) on tap
(a) (of beer, etc) in a barrel with a tap; on draught (指啤酒等)装在有龙头的桶里的, 散装的.
(b) (fig 比喻) available when needed 现成的; 随时可获得的.

v (-pp-)
1 (a) [Tn] draw liquid from (sth) 从(某物)中放出液体
*tap a cask of cider 从桶中放出苹果酒.
(b) [Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p] ~ sth (off) (from sth) draw (liquid) through the tap of a barrel 打开桶的龙头放出(液体)
*tap off some cider 打开龙头放出些苹果酒
* tap cider from a cask 打开桶的龙头放出苹果酒.
2 (a) [Tn] cut the bark of (a tree) in order to collect the sap 割开(树)的皮(以收取汁液)
*tap rubber-trees 割胶.
(b) [Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p] ~ sth (off) collect (sap) in this way (割开树皮)收取(汁液).
3 [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sth/sb (for sth) extract or obtain (sth) from sth/sb 自某物[某人]处引出或获取(某物)
*vast mineral wealth waiting to be tapped 待开采的大量矿产
* new ways of tapping the skills of young people 使青年人发挥技能的新途径
* (infml 口) tap sb for a loan 向某人借钱.
4 [Tn] fit a listening device to (a telephone line) 在(电话线路)上装窃听器
*I think my phone is being tapped. 我想现在有人窃听我的电话.

/tæp; tæp/
n
1 [C] (sound of a) quick light blow 轻快的敲击(声)
*They heard a tap at the door. 他们听见轻轻的敲门声.
* He felt a tap on his shoulder. 他觉得有人轻拍他的肩膀.
* She gave the lid a few gentle taps to loosen it. 她把盖子轻拍了几下使它松动.
2 taps [sing v] (US) (in the armed forces) last bugle call of the day, the signal for lights to be put out (军队)熄灯号.

v (-pp-)
1 (a) [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sb/sth (with sth) knock gently on sb/sth 轻拍某人; 轻敲某物
*tab sb on the shoulder 轻拍某人肩膀
* He tapped the box with astick. 他用小棒敲打盒子.
(b) [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sth (against/on sth) strike (sth) lightly with sth 以某物轻击(某物)
*tapping her fingers on the table 用她的手指轻敲着桌子.
2 [I, Ipr] ~ (at/on sth) give a tap or taps 轻敲; 轻拍; 轻击; 轻踏
*Who's that tapping at the window? 谁在敲窗户?
1. Even if a piped water supply is safe at its source, it is not always safe by the time it reaches the tap.
    即使管道供水系统在水源处安全的,等水到达龙头时就不一定总是安全的了。

2. Water dripped from the tap.
    水从龙头里慢慢流下来。

3. Travellers on short trips to areas with water supplies of uncertain quality should avoid drinking tap-water, or untreated water from any other source.
    短途旅行到水质不保险的地区时,应避免饮用水龙头的水或未经处理任何其他来源的水。

4. This principle works elsewhere as well. To enhance your creativity, learn something new. If you're a banker, take up tap dancing; if you're a nurse, try a course in vitamin therapy.
    这个道理在其他方面也同样有效。要提高创造力,就得学习新的知识。如果你是银行家,就学一学跳踢踏舞;如果你是护士,就学一学维他命疗法。

5. And Polly (波莉), my grandmother, who perfected a brush to clean the inside of a water tap.
    还有波莉,就是我的外祖母,她改进了一把刷子用来清洁水龙头的内部。

6. As soon as I tap on the window, you must stop within five feet.´
    我一敲车窗,你必须把车停在5英尺之内。"

7. Intermittent tap-water supplies should be regarded as particularly suspect.
    断断续续的水管应该被视为是非常可疑的。

8. If no other safe water supply can be obtained, tap water that is too hot to touch can be left to cool and is generally safe to drink.
    如果没有其他安全的饮用水,水管中流出的烫手的水可以留下来冷却。这种水一般是安全的。

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