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tap

verb
 
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they tap
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he / she / it taps
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past simple tapped
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past participle tapped
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-ing form tapping
🔊/ˈtæpɪŋ/
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Phrasal Verbs
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  1.  
    [intransitive, transitive] to hit somebody/something quickly and lightly轻敲；轻拍；轻叩
    • tap (away) (at something) Someone tapped at the door.有人轻轻叩门。🔊🔊
    • He was busy tapping away at his computer.他埋头敲着电脑键盘。🔊🔊
    • tap somebody/something Ralph tapped me on the shoulder.拉尔夫轻轻地拍了拍我的肩膀。🔊🔊
    • Tap the icon to open the app.点击图标打开应用程序。
    Extra Examples
    • He tapped home his second goal from close range.他近距离触球破门，梅开二度。
    • She tapped the ice with a stick.她用棍子轻轻戳了一下冰。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • gently
    • lightly
    • impatiently
    • …
    preposition
    • against
    • at
    • on
    • …
    See full entry
  2.  
    [transitive, intransitive] tap (something) if you tap your fingers, feet, etc. or they tap, you hit them gently against a table, the floor, etc., for example to the rhythm of music（用…）轻轻叩击
    • He kept tapping his fingers on the table.他不停地用手指轻轻敲着桌子。🔊🔊
    • The music set everyone's feet tapping.乐曲使得每个人都用脚轻轻打起拍子来。🔊🔊
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • gently
    • lightly
    • impatiently
    • …
    preposition
    • against
    • at
    • on
    • …
    See full entry
  3.  
    [transitive, intransitive] to make use of a source of energy, knowledge, etc. that already exists利用，开发，发掘（已有的资源、知识等）
    • tap something We need to tap the expertise of the people we already have.我们需要利用我们现有人员的专业知识。🔊🔊
    • tap into something The movie seems to tap into a general sentimentality about animals.这部电影似乎在激发人们对动物的普遍怜惜之情。🔊🔊
  4.  
    [transitive] tap something (especially British English) to fit a device to a phone so that somebody’s calls can be listened to secretly（在电话上）安装窃听器，搭线窃听
    • He was convinced his phone was being tapped.他确信自己的电话在被人窃听。🔊🔊
    see also wiretapping
  5. [transitive] tap something to cut into a tree in order to get liquid from it在（树）上切口（导出液体）
  6. [transitive, usually passive] tap somebody (North American English) to choose somebody to do a particular job委任；指定（某人做某事）
    • Richards has been tapped to replace the retiring chairperson.理查兹获得委任接替行将退任的主席。🔊🔊
  7. [transitive] tap something (phonetics语音学) to produce a tap (6)发轻拍音 synonym flap
    8. Word Originverb senses 1 to 2 and verb sense 6 Middle English: from Old French taper, or of imitative origin; compare with the verb clap and rap. verb senses 3 to 5 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).
  1.  
    (especially British English)
    (North American English usually faucet)
    [countable] a device for controlling the flow of water from a pipe into a bath or sink水龙头；旋塞
    • bath taps浴缸水龙头
    • the hot/cold tap (= the tap that hot/cold water comes out of)热水／冷水龙头
    • Turn the tap on/off.打开／关上龙头。
    • Don't leave the tap running.别把水龙头开着白白流水。🔊🔊
    • You have to run the tap a long time before the hot water comes.龙头要开很长时间才出热水。
    • the sound of a dripping tap水龙头滴答的漏水声
    • I put my head under the tap and let the cool water run over me.我将头放在水龙头下，让冷水流到我身上。
    see also tap water
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • hot
    • hot-water
    • cold
    • …
    verb + tap
    • turn
    • turn off
    • turn on
    • …
    tap + verb
    • drip
    • run
    • leak
    • …
    tap + noun
    • water
    • washer
    See full entry
  2. [countable] a device for controlling the flow of liquid or gas from a pipe or container龙头；旋塞
    • a gas tap煤气阀门
    • beer taps啤酒旋塞
    see also spinal tap
  3.  
    [countable] a light hit with your hand or fingers轻击；轻拍；轻敲；轻叩
    • tap on something He felt a tap on his shoulder and turned round.他觉得有人轻轻拍他的肩膀便转过身来。🔊🔊
    • tap at something a tap at the door在门上的水龙头
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • gentle
    • light
    • little
    • …
    verb + tap
    • give somebody/​something
    • feel
    • hear
    • …
    preposition
    • tap at
    • tap on
    See full entry
  4. [countable] an act of fitting a device to a phone so that somebody’s phone calls can be listened to secretly电话窃听；搭线窃听
    • a phone tap电话窃听
  5. (also tap-dancing)
     [uncountable] a style of dancing in which you tap to the rhythm of the music with your feet, wearing special shoes with pieces of metal on the heels and toes
  6. (also flap)
     [countable] (phonetics语音学) a speech sound that is produced by striking the tongue quickly and lightly against the part of the mouth behind the upper front teeth. The ‘t’ in later in American English is an example of a tap. 轻拍音Topics Languagec2
    7. Word Originnoun senses 1 to 2 and noun sense 4 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). noun sense 3 and noun sense 5 Middle English: from Old French taper, or of imitative origin; compare with the verb clap and rap.
Idioms
on tap
  1. available to be used at any time可随时使用的
    • We have this sort of information on tap.我们可随时向您提供这种资料。🔊🔊
  2. beer that is on tap is in a barrel with a tap on it（啤酒）装在有旋塞的桶里的，散装的
    • The pub has two sorts of beer on tap.这家酒吧有两种散装啤酒。
  3. (North American English) something that is on tap is being discussed or prepared and will happen soon协商中；准备中；即将发生