tap
vt.轻叩，轻拍；开发；利用 n.塞子；龙头
释义2：
tap
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tap¹◙ noun1. a device by which a flow of liquid or gas from a pipe or container can be controlled• 龙头；阀门 a device connected to a telephone used for listening secretly to someone's conversations• 窃听器 an act of listening secretly to someone's telephone conversation• 窃听 (也作 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 draw (liquid) from a cask, barrel, or other container• （从桶等容器中）倒出（液体） [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。 [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。 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。 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【IDIOMS】
◘ on tap1. ready to be poured from a tap• 随时可以旋开旋塞供饮用 [informal] freely available whenever needed• [非正式] 可随时使用的 [N. Amer. informal] on schedule to occur• [北美，非正式] 按计划发生的【派生】
♦ tappable adjective【语源】
1. 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)
tap²◙ (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。 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。 (tap something out)produce (a rhythm) with a series of quick light blows on a surface• 敲出（节奏） write or enter (something) using a keyboard or keypad• （使用键盘）输入2. [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◙ noun1. 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 [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 a similar call sounded at a military funeral• 军队葬礼时吹的号声 [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（或集会结束时）唱的结束曲【派生】
♦ tapper noun【语源】
1. Middle English: from Old French taper, or of imitative origin; compare with clap and rap
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