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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   tap

   • IPA[tap]

   美式

   • n.
     a device by which a flow of liquid or gas from a pipe or container can be controlled；an electrical connection made to some point between the end terminals of a transformer coil or other component.
   • v.
     draw liquid through the tap or spout of (a cask, barrel, or other container)；draw (liquid) from a cask, barrel, or other container

   • verb: tap, 3rd person present: taps, gerund or present participle: tapping, past tense: tapped, past participle: tapped

   • noun: tap, plural noun: taps

2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a device by which a flow of liquid or gas from a pipe or container can be controlled she turned the cold tap on the air-supply tap 同義詞 valve, spout, stopcock, cock, spile, ... 更多faucet, spigot
   • ▪ British an electrical connection made to some point between the end terminals of a transformer coil or other component.
   • 2. a device connected to a telephone used for listening secretly to someone's conversations those taps produced hundreds of hours of recordings 同義詞 listening device, wiretap, wire, bug, bugging device, ... 更多hidden microphone, receiver
   • ▪ an act of listening secretly to someone's telephone conversation.
   • 3. an instrument for cutting a threaded hole in a material.
   • 4. British a taproom.

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. draw liquid through the tap or spout of (a cask, barrel, or other container) bragging of tests they had aced and kegs they had tapped 同義詞 draw liquid from, drain, bleed, milk, broach, ... 更多open, pierce, puncture
   • ▪ draw (liquid) from a cask, barrel, or other container the butlers were tapping new ale 同義詞 pour (out), draw off, siphon off, pump out, decant, ... 更多extract, withdraw, remove
   • ▪ draw sap from (a tree) by cutting into it.
   • 2. exploit or draw a supply from (a resource) clients from industry seeking to tap Philadelphia's resources of expertise these magazines have tapped into a target market of consumers 同義詞 draw on, exploit, milk, make use of, put to use, ... 更多use, utilize, open up, mine, turn to account
   • ▪ informal obtain money or information from (someone) he considered whom he could tap for information
   • 3. connect a device to (a telephone) so that conversation can be listened to secretly the telephones were tapped by the state security police 同義詞 listen in on/to, wiretap, eavesdrop on, spy on, monitor, ... 更多overhear, informalbug, snoop on, get on record
   • 4. cut a thread in (something) to accept a screw on most vices, the metal jaws are drilled and tapped to accept screws

   片語

   • on tap