WATER / GAS 水/煤气, [C] [especially BrE] a piece of equipment for controlling the flow of water, gas etc from a pipe or container

〔水、煤气等管道或容器的〕龙头，阀门;

Tap water (=water that comes out of a tap) is usually heavily treated with chemicals.

自来水通常都用化学品严格处理过。

She went into the bathroom and turned on the taps .

她走进浴室，打开水龙头。

I washed my hands under the kitchen tap.

我在厨房水龙头下洗了手。

A LIGHT HIT 轻轻的敲击, [C] an act of hitting something lightly, especially to get someone's attention

〔尤指为了引起某人注意〕轻轻敲击，轻叩，轻拍:

She felt a tap on her shoulder.

她觉得有人轻轻拍了拍她的肩膀。

There was a tap at the door.

有人轻轻地敲了一下门。

on tap

DANCING 舞蹈 also tap dancing, [U] dancing in which you wear special shoes with pieces of metal on the bottom which make a loud sharp sound on the floor

踢踏舞

TELEPHONE 电话, [C] an act of secretly listening to someone's telephone, using electronic equipment

电话窃听:

The police had put a tap on his phone line.

警方在他的电话上安装了窃听器。

BARREL 桶, [C] a specially shaped object used for letting liquid out of a BARREL , especially beer

〔尤指啤酒桶的〕龙头，旋塞

TUNE 曲调, taps [pl.] a song or tune played on the BUGLE at night in an army camp, and at military funerals

〔军营里晚上的〕熄灯号;〔军队的〕葬礼号

HIT LIGHTLY 轻拍, [I,T] to hit your fingers lightly on something, for example to get someone's attention

〔用手指〕轻拍，轻叩，轻敲:

He turned as someone tapped him on the shoulder.

有人轻轻拍了拍他的肩膀，他转过身来。

I went up and tapped on the window.

我走上去轻轻敲敲窗户。

Mark tapped his fingers on the tabletop impatiently.

马克不耐烦地用手指叩叩桌子。

She tapped ash from her cigarette.

她轻轻弹掉香烟上的灰。

MUSIC 音乐, [T] to make a regular pattern of sounds with your fingers or feet, especially when you are listening to music

〔尤指听音乐时〕用〔手指或脚〕打节拍:

She tapped her feet in time to the music.

她和着音乐用脚轻敲着节拍。

a toe-tapping tune

活泼欢快曲调

ENERGY / MONEY 能源/钱 also tap into, [T] to use or take what is needed from something such as an energy supply or an amount of money

利用; 发掘，开发〔能源、资金来源等〕:

People are tapping into the power supply illegally.

人们在非法取电。

We hope that additional sources of funding can be tapped.

我们希望还有其他资金来源可以利用。

IDEAS 思想 also tap into, [T] to make as much use as possible of the ideas, experience, knowledge etc that a group of people has

利用，采用〔思想、经验、知识等〕:

Your adviser's experience is there to be tapped.

可以利用你的顾问的经验。

helping people tap into training opportunities

帮助人们利用培训机会

TELEPHONE 电话, [T] to listen secretly to someone's telephone by using a special piece of electronic equipment

窃听〔电话〕:

Murray's phone calls to Australia were tapped .

默里打往澳大利亚的电话被窃听了。

TREE 树木, [T] to get liquid from the TRUNK of a tree by making a hole in it

在〔树干〕上凿孔取汁

PLAYER 队员 also tap up, [T] [BrE informal] if a football club taps a player from another team, it illegally tries to persuade that player to join its team

〔足球俱乐部等试图从其他球队〕非法挖〔队员〕