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- a device by which a flow of liquid or gas from a pipe or container can be controlled龙头; 阀门。
1.1
- a device connected to a telephone used for listening secretly to someone's conversations窃听器。
1.2
- an act of listening secretly to someone's telephone conversation窃听。
1.3
- （亦作tapping）Brit. an electrical connection made to some point between the end terminals of a transformer coil or other component〈英〉（电）分接头。
2
- an instrument for cutting a threaded hole in a material螺丝攻。
3
- Brit. a taproom〈英〉酒吧。
(tapped, tapping)with obj.
1
- draw liquid through the tap or spout of (a cask, barrel, or other container)旋开（桶等容器）放出液体。
1.1
- draw (liquid) from a cask, barrel, or other container（从桶等容器中）倒出（液体）。
1.2
- （常作be tapped）connect a device to (a telephone) so that conversation can be listened to secretly在（电话）上装窃听器：
the telephones were tapped by the state security police.
电话被国家安全警察装了窃听器。
1.3
- informal obtain money or information from (someone)〈非正式〉从…处获得钱（或信息）：
he considered whom he could tap for information.
他在考虑可以找谁获得信息。
1.4
- exploit or draw a supply from (a resource)开发（资源）：
clients from industry seeking to tap Edinburgh's resources of expertise
想利用爱丁堡专门技术资源的工业界客户
no obj. these magazines have tapped into a target market of consumers.这些杂志已经开发了消费者目标市场。
1.5
- draw sap from (a tree) by cutting into it割开（树皮从中）取树液。
2
- cut a thread in (something) to accept a screw在…里面攻出螺纹, 给…攻丝。
短语
on tap
1
- ready to be poured from a tap随时可以旋开旋塞供饮用。
1.1
- informal freely available whenever needed〈非正式〉可随时使用的。
1.2
- N. Amer. informal on schedule to occur〈北美, 非正式〉按计划发生的。
派生词
tappable
adjective词源
Old English tæppa 'peg for the vent-hole of a cask'， tæppian 'provide (a cask) with a stopper'， of Germanic origin; related to Dutch tap and German Zapfen (nouns).
(tapped, tapping)with obj.
1
- strike (someone or something) with a quick light blow or blows轻拍; 轻击：
one of my staff tapped me on the shoulder.
我的一个员工轻拍了一下我的肩膀。
1.1
- strike (something) against something else with a quick light blow or blows轻轻地敲：
Gloria was tapping her feet in time to the music.
格洛丽亚正用双脚跟着音乐打拍子。
1.2
tap something out
produce (a rhythm) with a series of quick light blows on a surface敲出（节奏）。
1.3
- write or enter (something) using a keyboard or keypad（使用键盘）输入。
2
tap someone up
Brit. informal approach (a sports player) unlawfully with a view to signing them to another club while they are still under contract with their current one〈英, 非正式〉非法劝说（运动员）转会（到另一俱乐部）。
3
- （常作be tapped）US informal designate or select (someone) for a task or honour, especially membership of an organization or committee〈美, 非正式〉指定, 选择。
1
- a quick light blow or the sound of such a blow轻敲; 轻轻敲击声。
2
- mass noun tap dancing踢踏舞。
2.1
- count noun a piece of metal attached to the toe and heel of a tap dancer's shoe to make a tapping sound（踢踏舞鞋尖或鞋跟上的）金属片。
3
taps
treated as sing. or pl. US a bugle call for lights to be put out in army quarters〈美〉（军营中的）熄灯号。- ORIGIN: so named because the signal was originally sounded on a drum.
3.1
- a similar call sounded at a military funeral军队葬礼时吹的号声。
3.2
- Brit. (in the Guide movement) a closing song sung at an evening camp fire or at the end of a meeting〈英〉（女童子军活动中）篝火晚会上（或集会上）唱的结束曲。
派生词
tapper
noun词源