tap

释义

v.轻敲/拍/叩; 利用，开发; 窃听; 委任，指定; 敲节拍n.龙头，阀门; 轻击/拍/敲; 电话窃听

大小写变形: TAP

词态变化

复数 :   taps ; 第三人称单数 :   taps ; 过去式 :   tapped ; 过去分词 :   tapped ; 现在分词 :   tapping ;

实用场景例句

She adjusted the tap to fill the sink.

她调节龙头以注满水槽。

金山词霸

A tap providing cool running water

提供清凉自来水的龙头

金山词霸

He rapped the desk lightly to quiet the uproar of opposing voices...

他轻轻叩击桌面，以平息反对声的喧嚣。

金山词霸

Tap the eggs lightly with a teaspoon to crack their shells.

用茶匙轻轻敲击鸡蛋，使蛋壳裂开。

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The rhythm is so contagious that you'll instinctively tap your feet or sway to the music.

这节奏如此富有感染力，你会不由自主地轻踏双脚或随着音乐摇摆。

金山词霸

His victory at the polls stems from effectively channeling the widespread discontent citizens harbor against career politicians.

他在投票中的胜利源于成功引导了民众对职业政客的普遍不满。

金山词霸

The company aims to tap its investors for £15.8 million in capital.

这家公司旨在从其投资者那里获取 1,580 万英镑的资本。

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Authorities implemented fresh rules that authorize police to tap into phone conversations.

当局实施了新规定，授权警方监听电话通话。

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Unbeknownst to us, our phone could have been tapped by an unknown individual.

我们不知情的情况下，电话可能已被某个不明人士监听。

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Filtered water is readily available from the tap whenever needed, ensuring effortless usage.

过滤水在需要时即可从龙头获取，确保使用毫不费力。

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Group travel offers the convenience of companionship at your tap, while still allowing solitude when desired.

团体旅行提供了随时可得的陪伴便利，同时在你需要时仍能享受独处时光。

金山词霸

真题例句

Increasingly, companies are tapping into these desires directly through what has come to be known as gamification: essentially, turning work into a game.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

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

Scientists have tried to tap Internet donors, too, with mixed success.

2019年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

The app will use Bluetooth technology to unlock the room with a tap.

2015年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

When travelling overseas, do you buy water in plastic bottles or take your chances with tap water?

2019年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A

The reasoning behind this saying is that low oil prices discourage investment in new production capacity, eventually shifting the oil supply curve backward and bringing prices back up as existing oil fields—which can be tapped at relatively low marginal cost—are depleted.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

Nearly a decade ago it was predicted that viewers of Friends, a popular situation comedy, would soon be able to purchase a sweater like Jennifer Aniston's with a few taps on their remote control.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Beyond the Antarctic treaties, huge obstacles persist to tapping these resources, like drifting icebergs that could jeopardise offshore platforms.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Tapping into how we already see ourselves is crucial.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Even seemingly harmless details on a resume, it appears, can tap into recruiters' biases.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Tap women's economic potential.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

But once these plants use up their stored reserve or tap out the underground supply, they cease growing and start to die.

2018年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

Cerling's team collected tap water samples from 600 cities and constructed a map of the regional differences.

2015年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

Introducing a fundraising requirement for students does not help, as better-off children can tap up richer aunts and neighbours.

2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

While it may be impossible to prevent kids from drinking tap water that may contain trace amounts of chemicals, keeping kids away from lawns recently sprayed with chemicals and freshly dry-cleaned clothes can't hurt.

2015年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

A lunchtime escape allows her to keep a boss from tapping her on the shoulder.

2019年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

I would excitedly turn the tap on and brush the comb carefully.

2015年高考英语陕西卷 完形填空 原文

The likables' plays-well-with-others qualities strengthen schoolyard friendships, jump-start interpersonal skills and, when tapped early, are employed ever after in life and work.

2019年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Television is a one-way tap flowing into our homes.

出自-2012年考研阅读原文

英英释义

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"