| 词汇 | tap |
| 释义 | tap verb uk /tæp/ us /tæp/-pp- tapverb (HIT)B2[ I or T ] to hit something gently, and often repeatedly, especially making short, sharp noises: （常指连续）轻拍，轻叩，轻敲 tap againstThe branches tapped against the window.树枝轻轻敲打着窗户。 I could hear him tapping his fingers on the desk.我能听见他用手指轻叩桌子的声音。 I was tapping my feet (= hitting the floor gently with my feet) to the music.我随着音乐用脚打着拍子。 tap someone on the shoulderSomeone tapped me on the shoulder.有人轻轻拍我的肩膀。 [ I or T ] to touch the screen of a phone, tablet computer, etc. in order to give an instruction for something to happen : 轻触（手机或平板电脑等给予指令） You can manage the repeat and shuffle options by tapping the screen once and swiping to the left.你可以通过轻触一下屏幕向左滑动来使用重复和移动功能。 tap onWhen I tapped on the update button, the screen went blank.当我轻触升级按钮时，屏幕显示消失了。 Touching & feeling arm brush against someone/something dab at something felt fiddle fiddle (around) with something get to second baseidiom graze handle kiss nudge paw pet physical contact play with something retexture second base tactile tactilely touch tapverb (GET)[ T ] to get or make use of something: 开发;开辟;着手利用 For more than a century, Eastern cities have expanded their water supplies by tapping ever more remote sources.一个多世纪以来，东部的城市通过开发更偏远地区的水源，扩大了水的供应。 There is a rich vein of literary talent here just waiting to be tapped by publishers.众多文学才俊会聚于此，等待着出版商慧眼识珠。 Using and misusing adopt adoption avail avail yourself of something be/go heavy on somethingidiom exhaust give/allow something full playidiom go into something go through gobble something up make capital out of somethingidiom recycle spare spent swallow turn over turn to someone/something turn/use something to good accountidiom unblock underuse tapverb (PHONE)[ T ] to use a small device attached to a phone in order to listen secretly to what people are saying: 在（电话或电报线）上装窃听器;窃听 tap a phoneHe suspected that his phone had been tapped.他怀疑自己的电话被人窃听了。 Amplifiers, microphones & speakers amplification amplifier balance bass bullhorn earphone electrophone headphone headphones headset hot mic loudhailer megaphone microphone mike mike check pa soundbar soundbase speaker You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: International relations: spying and espionage Phrasal verbstap someone for something tap in tap something in tap into something tap out tap something out tap noun uk /tæp/ us /tæp/ tapnoun (DEVICE)B1[ C ](also USfaucet) a device that controls the flow of liquid, especially water, from a pipe: （水）龙头，阀门 the hot/cold tap热水／冷水龙头 turn the tap onShe turned the tap on and filled up the kettle. turn the tap offYou can save water by turning the tap off while you're brushing your teeth. Sam Edwards/OJO Images/GettyImages [ C ](also USfaucet) something that allows a supply of something such as money, information, or people to flow: Banning organizations from giving contributions to individuals would turn off the tap of money flowing to corrupt politicians. The industry requires huge financial support and it looks as though the government is willing to turn on the tap. [ C ]UK a device that controls the flow of gas from a pipe（煤气）阀门 [ C ] a device that controls the flow of beer from a barrel, or from a pipe connected to a barrel: Some beer taps produced more foam than beer. on tap used to describe beer that is served from a barrel through a tap: （啤酒）装在有旋塞的桶里的，散装的 Our favorite pub kept kegs of Guinness on tap. available for use at any time: 随时可用的 Working in a library as I do, I have all this information on tap.我在图书馆工作，可以随时查阅所有这些资料。 The water was barely dribbling out of the tap.水龙头几乎滴不出水来。 I still haven't got round to fixing that tap. Some idiot left the tap running in the bathroom and there's water everywhere.哪个白痴忘了关浴室的水龙头，水流得到处都是。 The hot tap is running cold! There's a tray under each tap to catch the beer slops.每个龙头下都有一个盘子来接溢出的啤酒。 Building: plumbing, pipes & sewage ballcock black water catch basin caulking cesspit gurgler hot-water tank hydrant influent isolator plumb plunger septic tank sewage sewage works sewer siphon spigot syphon waterworks You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Giving, providing and supplying Selling & serving alcoholic drinks tapnoun (HIT)B2[ C ] a gentle knock or touch, or the noise made by knocking something gently: 轻扣，轻敲，轻拍;轻轻拍打（或敲击）的声响 I gave her a tap on the shoulder and she turned around.我轻轻拍了她的肩一下，她回过头来。 There was a tap on the window - Dad was outside!有人轻轻敲了一下窗子－－是爸爸在外面！ Touching & feeling arm brush against someone/something dab at something felt fiddle fiddle (around) with something get to second baseidiom graze handle kiss nudge paw pet physical contact play with something retexture second base tactile tactilely touch tapnoun (DANCE)[ U ] → tap dancing: 踢踏舞（同 tap dancing） He teaches tap and ballroom.他教人跳踢踏舞和交谊舞。 4x6/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Dance & choreography arabesque backing dancer backspin backup dancer ballerina cut a rugidiom dabbing dance dance studio dance to something moonwalk moonwalking morris dance morris dancer morris dancing terpsichorean throw shapesidiom tights toe shoe tutu tapnoun (PHONE)[ C ] a small piece of equipment that can be attached to a phone in order to listen secretly to someone's phone calls: 在（电话或电报线）上装窃听器;窃听 phone tapHe claims that he knew nothing of government phone taps on journalists during those years.他宣称自己对那几年政府监听记者电话的事一无所知。 International relations: spying and espionage agent agent provocateur anti-bug asset debug industrial espionage insider intel intelligence MI5 operative scout secret service sleuthing snoop snoopy spook spy tail the CIA tapnoun (SPEECH SOUND)[ C ] phonetics specialized a sound made by the tongue moving upwards and downwards very quickly and hitting the alveolar area弹音 Linguistics: phonology & phonetics accommodation alliterative alveolar apheresis aphesis assonance diphthong intrusive labial labialize labiodental mispronounce postalveolar postconsonantal retroflex retroflexion rhotic the International Phonetic Alphabet unpronounceable unrepeatable tap | American Dictionarytap verb[ I/T ] us/tæp/-pp- tapverb[I/T] (HIT)to hit something lightly and quickly, or to make a sound by doing this: [ T ]She tapped the back of his hand. [ I ]Casey is tapping away at his computer. To tap is also to tap-dance. tapverb[I/T] (OBTAIN)to obtain or make use of something: [ T ]Their try to tap the students’ natural abilities. [ I ]I can tap into computers all over the world. tapverb[I/T] (TELEPHONE)to wiretap a telephone Phrasal verbstap out something/someone tap out something tap noun[ C ] us/tæp/ tapnoun[C] (DEVICE)a device that controls the flow of liquid, esp. water; a faucet: Please turn off the tap. on tap Beer that is on tap is served from a barrel (= large container) through a tap. tapnoun[C] (HIT)a quick and light hit, or the sound that this makes : She gave him a tap on the shoulder. There was a tap at the door. tapnoun[C] (TELEPHONE)a wiretap: They put a tap on her phone. Idiomon tap tap | Business Englishtap verb uk /tæp/us-pp- [ I or T ] to get or make use of something that exists, such as money, skills, information, energy, etc.: The company has tapped a $8750 general fund surplus to pay for the building projects. Ultra-deep water drilling techniques allow them to tap energy reserves once thought to be out of reach. tap into sthThey are driven by a desire to tap into this lucrative commercial market. tap sth for sthDo we have any assets that can be tapped for capital? [ T ]USinformal to choose someone for a job: tap sb to do sthThe board tapped him to lead the company through bankruptcy reorganization. [ T ] IT informal to put information, numbers, etc. into a computer, telephone, etc. by pressing buttons: tap away at/on sthWhen I came in, she was tapping away at her computer. tap sth into sthHe tapped his password into the computer. tap sth inShoppers may also be asked to tap in identity numbers at tills. tap sth outSMS allows people to send messages tapped out on the telephone keypad. tap noun uk /tæp/us [ C ] a piece of equipment that controls the flow of liquid or gas from a pipe: Water was pouring out of all the taps. a gas tap on tapinformal available for use at any time: With the internet, firms have all this information on tap. US ready or likely to happen at a future date: Many investors are worried about what's on tap when the markets reopen tomorrow morning. The company has about 115 new stores on tap for 2012. Examples of taptap Alternatively it could be that this factor taps into some other, structural, dimension of the local area. They are tapping rubber that are no longer productive. We, like many users of the task, would not want to claim that it taps directly into necessary stages of speech processing. On the one hand, there are serious reasons to doubt that the task tapped the semantic level. A number of studies have suggested that lexical decision and naming tap different aspects of post-lexical processing. Future research should address this issue directly using various types of phonemic awareness tasks that tap into the representation and processing of intrasyllabic units. They appear to tap into different additional skills. The hind legs rubbed or tapped repeatedly on the ventral surface of the female's abdomen. Whenever a town succeeded in tapping a larger supply of water, its drainage became a more acute problem. This test taps children's ability to recall appropriate words in context and provides information pertaining to receptive and expressive vocabulary. Thus, vocabulary knowledge and the skills tapped by the ability to recognize written words were associated with naming ability. The child was instructed to listen for the target word dog and to raise or tap a finger whenever he or she heard the target. The pattern of intercorrelations across various submeasures of exam performance was not uniform, suggesting that different exam components were tapping a range of different abilities. Infants' expressed emotions were measured with four different observational methods that, in aggregate, tap positive and negative emotional responses across a broad range of situations. Within the groups of metered tap and non-tap households, however, our data are likely to be largely representative. See all examples of tap These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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