noun🔗Share栓，塞子 A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask."The winemaker used a tap to seal the vent in the oak cask. "酿酒师用一个木栓封住了橡木桶上的气孔。utensilitemessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share水龙头，阀门 A device used to dispense liquids."The water tap in the kitchen is dripping. "厨房里的水龙头在滴水。deviceutensilessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share啤酒，生啤。 Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor."a liquor of the same tap"同样品质的啤酒drinkfoodessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share啤酒桶，酒龙头 A place where liquor is drawn for drinking."After soccer practice, the boys went to the neighborhood tap for a beer. "足球训练结束后，那些男孩们去了附近的啤酒馆，准备从啤酒桶上打杯啤酒喝。drinkplaceessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share丝锥，螺纹丝锥 A device used to cut an internal screw thread. (External screw threads are cut with a die.)"The machinist used a tap to create the internal threads on the bolt. "机械师用丝锥在螺母上攻出内螺纹。devicemachinetechnicalindustryessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share分接头, 抽头 A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it."The system was barely keeping pressure due to all of the ill-advised taps along its length."由于沿途布满了许多不明智的分接头，系统几乎无法维持压力。utilitytechnicalelectricenergydevicemachineindustrybuildingessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share窃听，监听. An interception of communication by authority."The school's new communication system has a tap, allowing the principal to monitor student emails. "学校的新通信系统安装了窃听装置，校长可以借此监听学生的电子邮件。governmentlawpolicecommunicationtechnologyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share窃听器，监听装置。 A device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls."The detective used a tap to listen to the suspect's phone calls. "侦探使用了窃听器来监听嫌疑人的电话。technologyelectronicsdevicecommunicationpoliceessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share穿刺，抽液 A procedure that removes fluid from a body cavity."abdominal tap"腹腔穿刺抽液medicinephysiologybodyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share安装龙头, 装设活栓 To furnish with taps."If we tap the maple trees, we can get maple syrup!"如果我们在枫树上装上活栓，就能得到枫糖浆啦！utilitybuildingessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share汲取，抽取。 To draw off liquid from a vessel."He tapped a new barrel of beer."他打开了一个新的啤酒桶，放出啤酒来。utilitydrinkfoodessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share汲取， 耗尽。 To deplete, especially of a liquid via a tap; to tap out."The students tapped the juice box until it was empty. "学生们把果汁盒里的果汁都喝光了， 彻底汲取一空。energyamountbusinessessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share剥削，利用。 To exploit."Businesses are trying to tap the youth market."商家们正试图开发利用年轻市场。businesseconomyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share窃听，监听。 To place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection."The detective tapped the phone line to listen in on the suspect's calls. "侦探窃听了电话线，以监听嫌疑人的通话。technologycommunicationelectronicsdevicepolicelawinternetessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share窃听，监听 To intercept a communication without authority."He was known to tap cable television."据知，他曾私自窃听有线电视信号。communicationinternettechnologylawpolicegovernmentmediaessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share攻丝，套丝 To cut an internal screw thread."Tap an M3 thread all the way through the hole."把这个孔从头到尾攻一个M3的螺纹。technicalmachineindustryworkessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share横置，翻转，标记已用。 To turn or flip a card or playing piece to remind players that it has already been used that turn (by analogy to "tapping," in the sense of drawing on to the point of temporary exhaustion, the resources or abilities represented by the card)."The student tapped the flashcard to mark it as learned. "学生把抽认卡横置，来标记它已经学过了。gameactionentertainmentessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share要， 乞讨， 索取 To cadge, borrow or beg."My friend often taps his parents for money to go out with his friends. "我朋友经常向他父母要钱，好和朋友出去玩。aidfinancebusinesseconomyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share穿刺引流 To drain off fluid by paracentesis."The doctor tapped the patient's abdomen to drain excess fluid. "医生给病人做了腹部穿刺引流，排出了多余的液体。medicinephysiologyanatomyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share物色，发掘 To advance someone for a post or job, or for membership of a club."Trump interviewed Mueller for FBI job day before he was tapped for special counsel."特朗普在物色穆勒担任联邦调查局局长的前一天面试了他，之后穆勒被发掘担任特别检察官。joborganizationbusinessessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share轻拍，轻击。 A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat."When Steve felt a tap on his shoulder, he turned around."当史蒂夫感到肩膀上被人轻轻拍了一下时，他转过身来。actionsensationessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share轻触, 点击 The act of touching a touch screen."My sister made a quick tap on the tablet's screen to answer the question. "我妹妹在平板电脑屏幕上快速轻触了一下，回答了问题。technologycomputinginternetcommunicationdeviceelectronicsessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share鞋底补丁, 鞋掌. A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel."The cobbler carefully attached the tap to the worn-out heel of the shoe. "鞋匠小心地把鞋掌贴在了鞋子磨损的后跟上。materialwearessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share熄灯号 A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring to bed; usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo."The tap was sounded at 9:45 PM, signaling that it was time for everyone to turn off the lights and go to bed. "晚上九点四十五分，熄灯号吹响了，示意大家该关灯睡觉了。militarycommunicationsignalsoundessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share闪音， 轻拍音 A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound [ɾ] in the standard American English pronunciation of body."The tap at the beginning of the word "better" is a single, quick consonant sound. ""better"这个词开头的那个轻拍音，是一个单一、快速的辅音。phoneticslanguagelinguisticssoundessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share轻拍， 轻敲 To strike lightly."She tapped him on the shoulder to get his attention."她轻轻拍了一下他的肩膀， чтобы 引起他的注意。actionsoundessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share轻拍， 轻点 To touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface (usually) repeatedly."He was so nervous he began to tap his fingers on the table."他太紧张了，开始用手指轻轻敲打桌面。bodyactionessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share轻敲，轻叩 To make a sharp noise."The tree, swaying in the breeze, began to tap on the window pane."微风中摇曳的树开始轻轻敲打窗户玻璃。soundactionessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share点击，轻触。 To operate an electronic device (e.g. a mobile phone) by tapping a specific place on its (capacitive or other) touch screen."To get to the next slide, tap the screen on the bottom right. "要进入下一页幻灯片，请点击屏幕右下角。technologyelectronicscomputinginternetcommunicationdevicemachineessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share委派，任命 To designate for some duty or for membership, as in 'a tap on the shoulder'."The teacher tapped Sarah on the shoulder to ask her to lead the class discussion. "老师拍了拍莎拉的肩膀，委派她主持课堂讨论。joborganizationactionessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share上，搞，肏 To have sexual intercourse with."I would tap that hot girl over there."我真想上那个辣妹。sexactionhumanessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share拍打认输，轻拍认输 To submit to an opponent by tapping one's hand repeatedly."The chess player tapped to signal defeat. "这位棋手拍打桌面认输，示意自己输了。sportactionessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share认输，拍地求饶。 To force (an opponent) to submit."The bully tried to tap the younger student into submission by threatening to beat him up. "那个恶霸试图通过威胁殴打那个年纪较小的学生，迫使他认输求饶。sportactionmilitarywargameessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share换底, 钉鞋掌. To put a new sole or heel on."to tap shoes"给鞋换底/钉鞋掌wearjobessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share踢踏舞 A rhythmic dance in which the heels and toes of the dancer's shoes make a series of clicks"The tap dancer practiced her intricate tap routine before the school talent show. "那位踢踏舞者在学校才艺表演前，练习了她那复杂的踢踏舞步。danceentertainmentculturemusicessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share塔帕热，印度疟疾 An Indian malarial fever."The doctor diagnosed her illness as a tap. "医生诊断她的病为塔帕热，一种印度疟疾。medicinediseaseessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
