tap
verb /tæp/
/tæp/
动词形式
Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they tap | /tæp/ /tæp/ |
he / she / it taps | /tæps/ /tæps/ |
past simple tapped | /tæpt/ /tæpt/ |
past participle tapped | /tæpt/ /tæpt/ |
-ing form tapping | /ˈtæpɪŋ/ /ˈtæpɪŋ/ |
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。
- 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。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- gently
- lightly
- impatiently
- …
- against
- at
- on
- …
- tap (away) (at something) Someone tapped at the door.
(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。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- gently
- lightly
- impatiently
- …
- against
- at
- on
- …
- He kept tapping his fingers on the table.
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。
- tap something We need to tap the expertise of the people we already have.
(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。
- He was convinced his phone was being tapped.
- [transitive] tap something to cut into a tree in order to get liquid from it
在(树)上切口(导出液体) - [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。
- Richards has been tapped to replace the retiring chairperson.
- [transitive] tap something (phonetics
) to produce a tap (6)语音学 synonym flap发轻拍音
词源verb 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).