tap是什么意思？

tap

英[tæp] 美[tæp]

• v. 轻敲，打拍子，利用，窃听；
• n. 龙头，阀门，轻敲，踢踏舞，电话窃听；

复数：taps;

过去式：tapped;

过去分词：tapped;

现在分词：tapping;

第三人称单数：taps;

例句

• Connect the hose to the tap and turn on the tap. 把水管接在龙头上, 打开水龙头。
• This tap is stiff; it won't turn on. 这个龙头太紧, 拧不开。
• The tap won't turn off and there is water all over the floor. 水龙头关不上, 满地都是水。
• Water splashed into the bucket from the tap. 水从龙头里喷溅着注入水池。
• He gave a tap at the microphone before speaking. 他在讲话前先轻叩了一下扩音器。
• The detectives put a tap on the suspect's telephone. 侦察人员在嫌疑犯的电话上装窃听装置。
• Connect the hose to the tap and turn on the water. 把软管接在龙头上, 打开水龙头。
• I have my own word processor and printer at home,so that everything I need is on tap. 我家有自己的文字处理机和打印机,因此我需要什么就随时可以调用。
• The hot water was springing out of the tap. 热水不断地从水龙头中涌流出来。
• The tap was dripping. 水龙头在滴水。

同义词解析

• 以下这些动词均有"敲，击" 的意思
  knock：指用拳头或其它器械猛敲或猛打；也指用手轻敲某物。
  tap：多指慢慢地连续地轻击或轻拍。
  rap：指用手指或木棒等快速地轻敲或急拍。
  pat：指用手轻拍以示同情、赞同或爱抚。

词组

• on tap
  Ready to be drawn; in a tapped cask 准备好被抽取的；盛放在一只带有龙头（或塞栓）的酒桶中的 Available for immediate use; ready 立刻可以使用的；准备好的

英语四级真题

Seize opportunities to tap their potential.
出自-2014年6月阅读原文
The residents are billed by "net metering": they pay for the amount of power they tap off the grid, less the kilowatts (千瓦) they feed into it.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文

英语六级真题

Tap women's economic potential.
出自-2013年12月阅读原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  龙头;阀门;旋塞
  A tap is a device that controls the flow of a liquid or gas from a pipe or container, for example on a sink.
  例句
  She turned on the taps. 她打开了那些龙头。 ...a cold-water tap... 冷水阀
• VERB
  轻打;轻拍;轻叩
  If you tap something, you hit it with a quick light blow or a series of quick light blows.
  例句
  He tapped the table to still the shouts of protest... 他敲了敲桌子，以平息抗议的喧闹声。 Tap the eggs gently with a teaspoon to crack the shells... 用茶匙轻敲鸡蛋，让蛋壳开裂。
• VERB
  (尤指听音乐时，用手指或脚)敲节拍，打拍子
  If you tap your fingers or feet, you make a regular pattern of sound by hitting a surface lightly and repeatedly with them, especially while you are listening to music.
  例句
  The song's so catchy it makes you bounce round the living room or tap your feet. 这首歌很动听，听着它你就会不由自主地在客厅里舞动，或是用脚打拍子。
• VERB
  开发，发掘，利用(资源、形势)
  If you tap a resource or situation, you make use of it by getting from it something that you need or want.
  例句
  He owes his election to having tapped deep public disillusion with professional politicians... 他将自己的当选归因于充分利用了公众对于职业政治家们不再抱希望的心情。 The company is tapping shareholders for £15.8 million... 公司要向股东募集 1, 580 万英镑。
• VERB
  偷听，窃听，监听(电话)
  If someone taps your telephone, they attach a special device to the line so that they can secretly listen to your conversations.
  例句
  The government passed laws allowing the police to tap telephones... 政府通过了允许警方监听电话的法令。 We suspected the telephone line was tapped. 我们怀疑电话遭人窃听了。
• PHRASE
  (饮料)散装的，可随时(打开旋塞)取饮的
  If drinks are on tap, they come from a tap rather than from a bottle.
  例句
  Filtered water is always on tap, making it very convenient to use. 随时打开龙头都有过滤水，用起来很方便。
• PHRASE
  可轻松获取;可随时使用
  If something is on tap, you can have as much of it as you want whenever you want.
  例句
  The advantage of group holidays is company on tap but time alone if you want it. 团体度假的好处在于，要找人陪伴非常容易，想要独处也行。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  塞子, 龙头
  Connect the hose to the tap and turn on the water. 把软管接在龙头上, 打开水龙头。
  电话窃听
  The detectives put a tap on the suspect's telephone. 侦察人员在嫌疑犯的电话上装窃听装置。
  轻敲, 轻拍
  He gave a tap at the microphone before speaking. 他在讲话前先轻叩了一下扩音器。
• vt.
  割[打]开…取[放]液体
  The bar tender tapped a new keg of beer. 酒吧招待开了一桶新啤酒。 The girls were tapping the rubber. 姑娘们正在割橡胶。
  开发; 利用
  We have enormous reserves of oil still waiting to be tapped. 我们有巨大的石油矿藏在等待开发。
  窃听
  The phones of important officials were tapped. 政府要员们的电话遭到窃听。
• vt. & vi.
  轻拍, 轻敲
  This music sets your feet tapping. 这音乐能使你的双脚不由自主地跟着打拍子。
• vi.
  轻声走
  The pupils tapped across the room. 学生们轻声地穿过房间。

英英词典释义

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

行业词典

• 体育： 拍；强迫将吃；击打；垫步；
  医学： 轻叩，快而轻的叩击；穿刺放液；
  机械： 丝锥；加工圆柱形和圆锥形内螺纹的标准工具。；
  电工： 抽头；
  金融： 随时可购买的债券；政府债券；