基本释义
- 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
实用例句
Someone tapped at the door.
有人轻轻叩门。
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He was busy tapping away at his computer.
他埋头敲着电脑键盘。
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Ralph tapped me on the shoulder.
拉尔夫轻轻地拍了拍我的肩膀。
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He kept tapping his fingers on the table.
他不停地用手指轻轻敲着桌子。
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The music set everyone's feet tapping.
乐曲使得每个人都用脚轻轻打起拍子来。
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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。
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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。
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He was convinced his phone was being tapped.
他确信自己的电话在被人窃听。
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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。
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Tap in your PIN number.
输入你的个人身份识别号码。
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She tapped out the beat on the table.
她轻击桌面打着拍子。
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I tapped out a text message to Mandy.
我给曼迪发了一条短信。
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bath taps
浴缸水龙头
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the hot/cold tap (= the tap that hot/cold water comes out of)
热水 / 冷水龙头
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Turn the tap on/off .
打开 / 关上龙头。
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Don't leave the tap running.
别把水龙头开着白白流水。
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the sound of a dripping tap
水龙头滴答的漏水声
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a gas tap
煤气阀门
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beer taps
啤酒旋塞
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She turned on the taps.
她打开了那些龙头。
...a cold-water tap...
冷水阀
He tapped the table to still the shouts of protest...
他敲了敲桌子，以平息抗议的喧闹声。
Tap the eggs gently with a teaspoon to crack the shells...
用茶匙轻敲鸡蛋，让蛋壳开裂。
The song's so catchy it makes you bounce round the living room or tap your feet.
这首歌很动听，听着它你就会不由自主地在客厅里舞动，或是用脚打拍子。
He owes his election to having tapped deep public disillusion with professional politicians...
他将自己的当选归因于充分利用了公众对于职业政治家们不再抱希望的心情。
The company is tapping shareholders for £15.8 million...
公司要向股东募集 1, 580 万英镑。
The government passed laws allowing the police to tap telephones...
政府通过了允许警方监听电话的法令。
We suspected the telephone line was tapped.
我们怀疑电话遭人窃听了。
Filtered water is always on tap, making it very convenient to use.
随时打开龙头都有过滤水，用起来很方便。
The advantage of group holidays is company on tap but time alone if you want it.
团体度假的好处在于，要找人陪伴非常容易，想要独处也行。
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 CThe 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 AWhen 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 AThe 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 BCerling'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 CIntroducing 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 CWhile 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 AA 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
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
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"