tap是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to hit something gently, and often repeatedly, especially making short, sharp noises -- （常指连续）轻拍，轻叩，轻敲

  • The branches tapped against the window. 树枝轻轻敲打着窗户。

  • I could hear him tapping his fingers on the desk. 我能听见他用手指轻叩桌子的声音。

  • I was tapping my feet (= hitting the floor gently with my feet) to the music. 我随着音乐用脚打着拍子。

  • Someone tapped me on the shoulder. 有人轻轻拍我的肩膀。

  • You can manage the repeat and shuffle options by tapping the screen once and swiping to the left. 你可以通过轻触一下屏幕向左滑动来使用重复和移动功能。

  • When I tapped on the update button, the screen went blank. 当我轻触升级按钮时，屏幕显示消失了。

• 1 to get or make use of something -- 开发；开辟；着手利用

  • For more than a century, Eastern cities have expanded their water supplies by tapping ever more remote sources. 一个多世纪以来，东部的城市通过开发更偏远地区的水源，扩大了水的供应。

  • There is a rich vein of literary talent here just waiting to be tapped by publishers. 众多文学才俊会聚于此，等待着出版商慧眼识珠。

• 2 to use a small device attached to a phone in order to listen secretly to what people are saying -- 在（电话或电报线）上装窃听器；窃听

  • He suspected that his phone had been tapped. 他怀疑自己的电话被人窃听了。

• 3 a device that controls the flow of liquid, especially water, from a pipe -- （水）龙头，阀门

  • the hot/cold tap 热水／冷水龙头

  • Turn the tap on/off. 打开／关掉水龙头

  • Working in a library as I do, I have all this information on tap. 我在图书馆工作，可以随时查阅所有这些资料。

• 4 a gentle knock or touch, or the noise made by knocking something gently -- 轻扣，轻敲，轻拍；轻轻拍打（或敲击）的声响

  • I gave her a tap on the shoulder and she turned around. 我轻轻拍了她的肩一下，她回过头来。

  • There was a tap on the window - Dad was outside! 有人轻轻敲了一下窗子－－是爸爸在外面！

• 5 →  tap dancing -- 踢踏舞（同 tap dancing）

  • He teaches tap and ballroom. 他教人跳踢踏舞和交谊舞。

• 6 a small piece of equipment that can be attached to a phone in order to listen secretly to someone's phone calls -- 在（电话或电报线）上装窃听器；窃听

  • He claims that he knew nothing of government phone taps on journalists during those years. 他宣称自己对那几年政府监听记者电话的事一无所知。

• 7 a sound made by the tongue moving upwards and downwards very quickly and hitting the alveolar area -- 弹音