tap

[tæp]

n.龙头, 塞子, 窃听
n.轻拍, 轻敲, 鞋掌
v.轻拍, 轻击, 补鞋掌,选择
v.开发, 利用, 索要, 装龙头,窃听

例句与用法：

That girl tapped her fingers on the desk impatiently.

那个女孩不耐烦地用手指轻扣桌面。

He cleaned his hands in the cold water from the tap.

他用自来水龙头流出的凉水把手洗干净。

My phone is being tapped.

有人在窃听我的电话。

词形变化：

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

详细释义：

vt.

1. 轻拍, 轻叩, 轻敲

He tapped me on the shoulder.

她轻轻地拍拍我的肩。

2. 轻轻敲出(或敲掉)[O]

He tapped the ashes out of his pipe.

他轻轻地将烟斗里的烟灰敲出来。

3. 补鞋底

4. 【美】指定, 选定

Mr. Smith was tapped for police commissioner.

史密斯先生被指定为警察局长。

vi.

轻拍, 轻叩, 轻敲[(+on)]

Listen! Someone is tapping on the window.

听! 有人在敲窗户。

n.[C]

1. 轻拍, 轻叩, 轻敲

There was a tap on the window.

有人在轻叩窗户。

2. 鞋掌; 鞋底

n.[C]

1. 龙头, 阀门

He left the tap open to fill the kitchen sink with water.

他将水龙头开着让厨房的水槽注满水。

2. (酒桶等的)塞子, 栓子

3. (电流)分接头

4. (电话)搭线窃听; 窃听器

They put a tap on his telephone and recorded all his calls.

他们在他的电话上装上了窃听器, 录下了所有通话。

5. 【医】(为抽液而作的)穿刺

vt.

1. 装上塞子(嘴子)

They tapped a barrel of beer.

他们打开桶塞放出啤酒。

2. 在(树)上刻痕取液

They worked on the farm, tapping rubber trees.

他们在这农场做割胶的工作。

3. 接通(总电源, 总水源等)

They tapped the water main to supply the new residential quarters.

他们接通了总水管为新住宅区供水。

4. 在……装窃听器

I guess our telephone has been tapped.

我猜想我们的电话被窃听了。

5. 开发, 开辟

The scientists are thinking of a new way of tapping the solar energy.

科学家正在设想一种新的利用太阳能的方法。

6. 讨(钱)

短语词组：

tap out

1. 敲打出

I was tapping out a news report on my typewriter when the doorbell rang.

门铃响的时候，我正在我的打字机上打一则新闻。