tap
verbVerb Forms
Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they tap | |
he / she / it taps | |
past simple tapped | |
past participle tapped | |
-ing form tapping |
- [intransitive, transitive]
to hit somebody/something quickly and lightly 轻敲;轻拍;轻叩 - tap (away) (at something)
Someone tapped at the door. 有人轻轻叩门。 He was busy tapping away at his computer. 他埋头敲着电脑键盘。 - tap somebody/something
Ralph tapped me on the shoulder. 拉尔夫轻轻地拍了拍我的肩膀。 Tap the icon to open the app. 点击图标打开应用程序。
Extra ExamplesHe tapped home his second goal from close range. 他近距离触球破门,梅开二度。 She tapped the ice with a stick. 她用棍子轻轻戳了一下冰。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- gently
- lightly
- impatiently
- …
- against
- at
- on
- …
- tap (away) (at something)
- [transitive, intransitive] tap (something)
if you tap your fingers, feet, etc. or they tap, you hit them gently against a table, the floor, etc., for example to the rhythm of music (用…)轻轻叩击 He kept tapping his fingers on the table. 他不停地用手指轻轻敲着桌子。 The music set everyone's feet tapping. 乐曲使得每个人都用脚轻轻打起拍子来。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- gently
- lightly
- impatiently
- …
- against
- at
- on
- …
- [transitive, intransitive]
to make use of a source of energy, knowledge, etc. that already exists 利用,开发,发掘(已有的资源、知识等) - [transitive] tap something (especially British English)
to fit a device to a phone so that somebody’s calls can be listened to secretly see also wiretapping(在电话上)安装窃听器,搭线窃听 - [transitive] tap something
to cut into a tree in order to get liquid from it 在(树)上切口(导出液体) - [transitive, usually passive] tap somebody (North American English)
to choose somebody to do a particular job 委任;指定(某人做某事) - [transitive] tap something (
phonetics )语音学 to produce a tap (6) synonym flap发轻拍音
Word Originverb senses 1 to 2 and verb sense 6 Middle English: from Old French taper, or of imitative origin; compare with the verb clap and rap. verb senses 3 to 5 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).