tap的意思

基本释义

• v 轻打；轻拍；轻敲

  to hit your fingers lightly on something, for example to get someone’s attention

• n 轻轻地敲击（声）；（水）龙头

  an act of hitting something lightly, especially to get someone’s attention

例句

1. He turned as someone tapped him on the shoulder.

   有人轻轻拍了拍他的肩膀，他转过身来。

2. She felt a tap on her shoulder.

   她觉得有人轻轻拍了拍她的肩膀。

3. She went into the bathroom and turned on the taps .

   她走进浴室，打开水龙头。

短语

• tap water 自来水；非蒸馏水
• tap into 挖掘；接进
• on the tap [英国俚语]在乞讨东西
• tap in [篮球]托球入篮；[高尔夫]将很短的推击击球入洞；按键输入
• tap on 在…上轻敲

近义词

英英释义

noun 1. a light touch or stroke Synonym: patdab 2. the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information Synonym: wiretap 3. a plug for a bunghole in a cask Synonym: spigot 4. a tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads 5. a small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing) 6. a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask Synonym: water faucetwater taphydrant 7. the sound made by a gentle blow Synonym: patrap 8. a gentle blow Synonym: rapstrike verb 1. make a solicitation or entreaty for something request urgently or persistently e.g. Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities Synonym: solicitbeg 2. draw from make good use of e.g. we must exploit the resources we are given wisely Synonym: exploit 3. strike lightly e.g. He tapped me on the shoulder Synonym: tip 4. cut a female screw thread with a tap 5. pierce in order to draw a liquid from e.g. tap a maple tree for its syrup tap a keg of beer 6. draw (liquor) from a tap e.g. tap beer in a bar 7. dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes e.g. Glover tapdances better than anybody Synonym: tapdance 8. walk with a tapping sound 9. make light, repeated taps on a surface e.g. he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently Synonym: rapknockpink 10. tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information e.g. The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy Is this hotel room bugged? Synonym: wiretapinterceptbug 11. draw from or dip into to get something e.g. tap one's memory tap a source of money 12. furnish with a tap or spout

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