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英[t?p]
美[t?p]

基本釋義

v.
輕敲/拍/叩; 利用,開發(fā); 竊聽; 委任,指定; 敲節(jié)拍
n.
龍頭,閥門; 輕擊/拍/敲; 電話竊聽

詞性變化

實(shí)用例句

Someone tapped at the door.

有人輕輕叩門。

牛津詞典

He was busy tapping away at his computer.

他埋頭敲著電腦鍵盤。

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Ralph tapped me on the shoulder.

拉爾夫輕輕地拍了拍我的肩膀。

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He kept tapping his fingers on the table.

他不停地用手指輕輕敲著桌子。

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The music set everyone's feet tapping.

樂曲使得每個人都用腳輕輕打起拍子來。

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We need to tap the expertise of the people we already have.

我們需要利用我們現(xiàn)有人員的專業(yè)知識。

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The movie seems to tap into a general sentimentality about animals.

這部電影似乎在激發(fā)人們對動物的普遍憐惜之情。

牛津詞典

He was convinced his phone was being tapped.

他確信自己的電話在被人竊聽。

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Richards has been tapped to replace the retiring chairperson.

理查茲獲得委任接替行將退任的主席。

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Tap in your PIN number.

輸入你的個人身份識別號碼。

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She tapped out the beat on the table.

她輕擊桌面打著拍子。

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I tapped out a text message to Mandy.

我給曼迪發(fā)了一條短信。

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bath taps

浴缸水龍頭

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the hot/cold tap (= the tap that hot/cold water comes out of)

熱水 / 冷水龍頭

牛津詞典

Turn the tap on/off .

打開 / 關(guān)上龍頭。

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Don't leave the tap running.

別把水龍頭開著白白流水。

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the sound of a dripping tap

水龍頭滴答的漏水聲

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a gas tap

煤氣閥門

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beer taps

啤酒旋塞

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She turned on the taps.

她打開了那些龍頭。

...a cold-water tap...

冷水閥

He tapped the table to still the shouts of protest...

他敲了敲桌子,以平息抗議的喧鬧聲。

Tap the eggs gently with a teaspoon to crack the shells...

用茶匙輕敲雞蛋,讓蛋殼開裂。

The song's so catchy it makes you bounce round the living room or tap your feet.

這首歌很動聽,聽著它你就會不由自主地在客廳里舞動,或是用腳打拍子。

He owes his election to having tapped deep public disillusion with professional politicians...

他將自己的當(dāng)選歸因于充分利用了公眾對于職業(yè)政治家們不再抱希望的心情。

The company is tapping shareholders for £15.8 million...

公司要向股東募集 1, 580 萬英鎊。

The government passed laws allowing the police to tap telephones...

政府通過了允許警方監(jiān)聽電話的法令。

We suspected the telephone line was tapped.

我們懷疑電話遭人竊聽了。

Filtered water is always on tap, making it very convenient to use.

隨時(shí)打開龍頭都有過濾水,用起來很方便。

The advantage of group holidays is company on tap but time alone if you want it.

團(tuán)體度假的好處在于,要找人陪伴非常容易,想要獨(dú)處也行。

真題例句

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月閱讀原文

Seize opportunities to tap their potential.

出自-2014年6月閱讀原文

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月閱讀原文

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

2019年12月四級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section C

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

2015年12月四級真題(第二套)聽力 Section A

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

2019年12月四級真題(第二套)閱讀 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月閱讀原文

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月閱讀原文

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

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

Tapping into how we already see ourselves is crucial.

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

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

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

Tap women's economic potential.

出自-2013年12月閱讀原文

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月六級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section B

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

2015年12月六級真題(第二套)聽力 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月六級真題(第三套)閱讀 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月六級真題(第一套)閱讀 Section A

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

2019年高考英語全國卷2 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文

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

2015年高考英語陜西卷 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年高考英語全國卷I 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

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

出自-2012年考研閱讀原文

英英釋義

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"

同義詞辨析

knock, tap, rap, pat

這些動詞均有"敲,擊"之意。

  • knock: 指用拳頭或其它器械猛敲或猛打;也指用手輕敲某物。
  • tap: 多指慢慢地連續(xù)地輕擊或輕拍。
  • rap: 指用手指或木棒等快速地輕敲或急拍。
  • pat: 指用手輕拍以示同情、贊同或愛撫。

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