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tapping

/ˈtæpɪŋ/ /ˈtæpm̩/

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verb

安装龙头，装上活栓

To furnish with taps.

Examples :

"If we tap the maple trees, we can get maple syrup!"

如果我们在枫树上装上龙头，就能得到枫糖浆啦!

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verb

汲取，放出。

To draw off liquid from a vessel.

Examples :

"He tapped a new barrel of beer."

他打开了一个新桶啤酒，放出了里面的酒。

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verb

榨取，盗用

To deplete, especially of a liquid via a tap; to tap out.

Examples :

"The leaky faucet was tapping the water supply, leaving the family with little to use for their daily needs. "

那个漏水的水龙头一直在榨取水资源，导致一家人几乎没有水可供日常使用。

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verb

剥削，榨取。

Examples :

"Businesses are trying to tap the youth market."

商家们正试图榨取青年市场的价值。

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verb

窃听，监听.

To place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection.

Examples :

"The police were tapping his phone line to gather evidence. "

警方正在窃听他的电话线，以收集证据。

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verb

窃听，偷听。

To intercept a communication without authority.

Examples :

"He was known to tap cable television."

据说他以前经常私自接线看有线电视。

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verb

攻丝, 螺纹加工.

To cut an internal screw thread.

Examples :

"Tap an M3 thread all the way through the hole."

将M3螺纹攻丝攻穿整个孔。

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verb

横置，重置，翻转。

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).

Examples :

"Maria was tapping her creature card to show everyone it had already attacked this turn. "

玛丽亚在横置她的生物卡，让大家知道这张卡这回合已经攻击过了。

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verb

揩油, 乞讨

To cadge, borrow or beg.

Examples :

""He was always tapping me for lunch money because he forgot his wallet." "

他总是找我揩油，要我借他午饭钱，因为他忘了带钱包。

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verb

穿刺引流, 抽液

To drain off fluid by paracentesis.

Examples :

"The doctor is tapping his patient's abdomen to remove excess fluid caused by liver disease. "

医生正在为病人进行腹部穿刺引流，以去除因肝病引起的腹水。

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verb

物色，徵召

To advance someone for a post or job, or for membership of a club.

Examples :

"Trump interviewed Mueller for FBI job day before he was tapped for special counsel."

特朗普在徵召穆勒擔任特別檢察官的前一天，面試了他，想讓他擔任聯邦調查局局長。

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verb

轻拍，轻敲。

To strike lightly.

Examples :

"She tapped him on the shoulder to get his attention."

她轻轻拍了拍他的肩膀， чтобы引起他的注意。

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verb

轻拍，轻敲

To touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface (usually) repeatedly.

Examples :

"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。

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verb

敲击，轻敲。

To make a sharp noise.

Examples :

"The tree, swaying in the breeze, began to tap on the window pane."

树在微风中摇曳，开始轻轻敲打窗户玻璃。

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verb

点按，轻触.

To operate an electronic device (e.g. a mobile phone) by tapping a specific place on its (capacitive or other) touch screen.

Examples :

"She was tapping the screen of her phone to send a text message. "

她正在点按手机屏幕发短信。

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verb

委任，任命。

To designate for some duty or for membership, as in 'a tap on the shoulder'.

Examples :

"The coach is tapping Sarah to be the captain of the team next season. "

教练准备委任莎拉下个赛季担任队长。

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verb

肏，操，性交。

To have sexual intercourse with.

Examples :

"I would tap that hot girl over there."

我真想肏一下那边那个辣妹。

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verb

拍打认输，轻拍认输

To submit to an opponent by tapping one's hand repeatedly.

Examples :

"During the intense game of rock-paper-scissors, the student tapping out because he was losing. "

在激烈的石头剪刀布比赛中，那个学生因为一直输，最后拍打认输了。

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verb

拍击认输，轻拍认输

To force (an opponent) to submit.

Examples :

"The wrestler was tapping the mat frantically, signaling to the referee that he was tapping his opponent to submit. "

那名摔跤手正拼命地拍打垫子，示意裁判他要拍击对手让其认输。

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verb

钉鞋掌，钉鞋跟。

To put a new sole or heel on.

Examples :

"to tap shoes"

钉鞋掌，钉鞋跟。

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noun

轻敲，轻击。

An act of making a light hit or strike against something.

Examples :

"The nervous student's constant tapping of her pen on the desk annoyed the teacher. "

那个紧张的学生不停地用笔轻敲桌子，惹恼了老师。

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noun

点弦，轻点。

A guitar technique in which the strings are tapped against the fingerboard

Examples :

"The guitarist showcased his impressive skills with a dazzling display of tapping. "

那位吉他手炫耀了他精湛的技巧，用一段令人眼花缭乱的点弦表演征服了观众。

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noun

开采，开发。

The process by which a resource is tapped or exploited.

Examples :

"The company's growth relied heavily on the continued tapping of the region's natural gas reserves. "

公司的发展很大程度上依赖于对该地区天然气储量的持续开采。

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