tap
- IPA[tap]
美式
- 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.
- 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
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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
- ▪ 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
- ▪ 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.
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 a cask, barrel, or other container the butlers were tapping new ale 同義詞
- ▪ 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
- ▪ 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
- 4. cut a thread in (something) to accept a screw on most vices, the metal jaws are drilled and tapped to accept screws
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