taps

英 [tæps]

美 [tæps]

v.  轻敲; 轻拍; 轻叩; (用…)轻轻叩击; 利用，开发，发掘(已有的资源、知识等)
n.  水龙头; 旋塞; 龙头; 轻击; 轻拍; 轻敲; 轻扣
tap的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 龙头;阀门;旋塞
  Atapis a device that controls the flow of a liquid or gas from a pipe or container, for example on a sink.
  1. She turned on the taps.
     她打开了那些龙头。
  2. ...a cold-water tap...
     冷水阀
  3. The honey runs out of a tap at the bottom of the drum.
     蜂蜜从鼓形圆桶底部的一个旋塞流出来。

in AM, use 美国英语用 faucet


• VERB 轻打;轻拍;轻叩
  If youtapsomething, you hit it with a quick light blow or a series of quick light blows.
  1. He tapped the table to still the shouts of protest...
     他敲了敲桌子，以平息抗议的喧闹声。
  2. Tap the eggs gently with a teaspoon to crack the shells...
     用茶匙轻敲鸡蛋，让蛋壳开裂。
  3. Grace tapped on the bedroom door and went in...
     格雷丝轻轻敲了敲卧室的门，走了进去。
  4. There was a comfortable-looking clerk on duty, tapping away on a manual typewriter...
     有个神态安适的办事员在当班，在手动打字机上啪嗒啪嗒地打着字。
  5. To hold the carpet in place, it's a good idea to tap in a few nails temporarily.
     要想固定住地毯，临时钉些钉子是个好办法。
  6. Tapis also a noun.
     
  7. A tap on the door interrupted him and Sally Pierce came in.
     敲门声打断了他，萨莉·皮尔斯走了进来。
• VERB (尤指听音乐时，用手指或脚)敲节拍，打拍子
  If youtapyour fingers or feet, you make a regular pattern of sound by hitting a surface lightly and repeatedly with them, especially while you are listening to music.
  1. The song's so catchy it makes you bounce round the living room or tap your feet.
     这首歌很动听，听着它你就会不由自主地在客厅里舞动，或是用脚打拍子。
• VERB 开发，发掘，利用(资源、形势)
  If youtapa resource or situation, you make use of it by getting from it something that you need or want.
  1. He owes his election to having tapped deep public disillusion with professional politicians...
     他将自己的当选归因于充分利用了公众对于职业政治家们不再抱希望的心情。
  2. The company is tapping shareholders for £15.8 million...
     公司要向股东募集 1, 580 万英镑。
  3. The Campbell Soup Company says it will try to tap into Japan's rice market.
     坎贝尔羹汤公司表示，它将努力开发日本的大米市场。
• See also:The government passed laws allowing the police to tap telephones...We suspected the telephone line was tapped.phone-tappingwiretap
• PHRASE (饮料)散装的，可随时(打开旋塞)取饮的
  If drinks areon tap, they come from a tap rather than from a bottle.
  1. Filtered water is always on tap, making it very convenient to use.
     随时打开龙头都有过滤水，用起来很方便。
• PHRASE 可轻松获取;可随时使用
  If something ison tap, you can have as much of it as you want whenever you want.
  1. The advantage of group holidays is company on tap but time alone if you want it.
     团体度假的好处在于，要找人陪伴非常容易，想要独处也行。

英英释义

noun

• (military) signal to turn the lights out
  Synonym:lights-out

双语例句

• This gives Mexico a powerful opportunity to grow if it can turn the taps on.
  如果墨西哥抓住了这个机遇，它将会给墨西哥提供一个强有力的发展机会。
• Some obvious measures can yield the biggest savings: tracking down leaking pipes and fixing taps or valves.
  采取一些显而易见的措施，便可以达到最佳的节水效果：查出漏水的管道，修理水龙头或阀门。
• He says removing the blockages entails very serious operations, including cutting new taps in the pipe.
  他说，消除这些堵塞是一个很艰巨的工程，包括在管道上开凿新的旋塞。
• Clean the kitchen sinks and the taps taking care to clean around the base of the taps.
  清洁厨房内的洗涤槽及水龙头，注意清洁水龙头底座周围。
• We can save water by fixing dripping taps.
  我们可以靠修理滴水的水龙头来节约用水。
• If you make a text view editable, a keyboard appears when the user taps inside the text view.
  如果你使用可编辑的文本视图，当用户在文本视图点击时就会出现一个键盘。
• It's been proven by the greatest optometrists. Of course, those taps were extremely bothersome.
  这可是最伟大的配镜师验证肯定了的。不过，这样的轻敲肯定是极其恼人的了。
• She turned on the taps.
  她打开了那些龙头。
• It taps on the other's head with its feelers, using a kind of telegraph code.
  它（蚂蚁）像使用一种电码的方式一样，用触角轻敲对方的头部。
• Are any of the taps in your house dripping?
  你家的水龙头有没有滴水？