tap

1.[i][t]轻敲；轻拍；轻叩to hit sb/sth quickly and lightly

2.[t][i]~ (sth)（用…）轻轻叩击if youtap your fingers, feet, etc. or theytap , you hit them gently against a table, the floor, etc., for example to the rhythm of music

3.[t][i]利用，开发，发掘（已有的资源、知识等）to make use of a source of energy, knowledge, etc. that already exists

4.[t]~ sth（在电话上）安装窃听器，搭线窃听to fit a device to a telephone so that sb's calls can be listened to secretly

6.[t][usupass]~ sb委任；指定（某人做某事）to choose sb to do a particular job

1.[c]水龙头；旋塞a device for controlling the flow of water from a pipe into a bath/ bathtub or sink

2.[c]龙头；旋塞a device for controlling the flow of liquid or gas from a pipe or container

3.[c]轻击；轻拍；轻敲；轻叩a light hit with your hand or fingers

4.[c]电话窃听；搭线窃听an act of fitting a device to a telephone so that sb's telephone calls can be listened to secretly

on tap

可随时使用的available to be used at any time

1.【电】分接(电流);分接头;(从总管)分接(自来水等);搭线窃听(电话等)

2.开辟,开发(矿山等)

3.〈比喻〉提倡(新学说等);开拓(新领域)

4.选举,选择

5.装嘴子;从嘴子里放酒(等),出来,开桶;(在树等上)作切口采取树液;【医】(腹部等开洞)放出液体

6.轻打[拍,敲]

7.补鞋底,打鞋掌;打(着做)出

8.〈俚〉求取,借取(捐款,小账等)

9.【机】(用螺丝攻)刻螺母

10.轻敲,轻打 (at; on)

1.(酒桶等的)流出口,嘴子;(水管的)分支,支管;【电】分接头,抽头;〈英〉旋塞,龙头,活嘴;【机】螺丝攻,阴螺模;(电话线上)搭线窃听;(各种流出口的)流出物;〈英〉酒吧间

2.轻打,轻敲;轻敲声;(装在踢舞鞋底尖上的)铁片;(补鞋底的)掌子;【军】〈英〉吃饭号(声);【军】〈美〉熄灯号(声)

1.to touch someone or something gently and to move them slightly, or to make a soft knocking sound

2.to use electronic equipment to secretly listen to what someone says on the telephone

3.to get a substance from a particular place or object; to get money from a particular person

4.if you tap something such as someone’s ability or a supply of information, you use it or get some benefit from it

1.the action or sound of touching someone or something gently

2.an object used for controlling how much liquid or gas comes out of a pipe or container; an object used for letting beer out of a keg; a faucet that controls the water coming out of a pipe

3.electronic equipment used for listening secretly to someone’s telephone conversations

4.tap dancing