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词汇 | tap |
释义 | tap1 /taep; taep/ n 1 device for controlling the flow of liquid or gas from a pipe, barrel, etc. (Cf valve for controlling flow through a pipe; cf faucet, the usu word in the US): (控制液体流出的) 龙头; 活嘴 (参较 valve, 控制液体在管内流动的装置; 参较 faucet, 美国通用之字): turn the tap on/off. 打开 (关闭) 饱头。 Don't leave the taps running, ie turn them off. 把龙头关上。 on tap, (of beer, etc) in a barrel with a tap, ready to be drawn off; (hence, fig) available when needed. (指啤酒等) 随时可自装有活嘴的桶中放出; (由此产生,喻) 现成的; 需要时即可获得的。 'tap-room n (in an inn, etc) room in which barrels are stored and cheaper drinks sold. (旅馆等中的) 酒室; 酒吧间。 taproot n chief descending root of a plant, tree, etc (going straight down for moisture). (植物的) 直根; 主根 (向下直伸吸收水份者) 。 2 plug used to close the opening of a cask. (桶口的) 栓; 塞子。 vt (-pp-) [VP6A, 14, 15B] tap (off) sth (from sth), 1 draw out liquid through the tap of a (barrel): 从 (桶) 的龙头或开门取出液体 tap a cask of cider; 打开桶的活塞取苹果酒; tap (off) cider from a cask; 打开活塞从桶里汲取苹果酒; cut (the bark of a tree) and get (the sap, etc): 切开 (树皮) 并汲取 (树液等): tap rubber-trees; 切开橡胶树 (的树皮) 汲取树液; tap sugar-maples, eg in Canada. 在糖膘树上凿孔以汲取树液 (如在加拿大) 。 2 extract or obtain (sth from sb or sth): 引出; 获取 (自某人或某物得到某物): tap a man for money/information; 图自某人获得金钱 (消息); tap a telephone/ wire/line, make a connection so as to intercept messages. 私接电话线以窃听消息。 My phone is being tapped. 我的电话现在有人窃听。 3 furnish (a cask, etc) with a tap. 在 (桶等) 上装龙头或塞子。 |
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