taps

1. N-COUNT 龙头;阀门;旋塞
   A tap is a device that controls the flow of a liquid or gas from a pipe or container, for example on a sink.
   1. She turned on the taps.
      她打开了那些龙头。
   2. ...a cold-water tap...
      冷水阀
   3. The honey runs out of a tap at the bottom of the drum.
      蜂蜜从鼓形圆桶底部的一个旋塞流出来。

in AM, use 美国英语用 faucet


2. VERB 轻打;轻拍;轻叩
   If you tap something, you hit it with a quick light blow or a series of quick light blows.
   1. He tapped the table to still the shouts of protest...
      他敲了敲桌子，以平息抗议的喧闹声。
   2. Tap the eggs gently with a teaspoon to crack the shells...
      用茶匙轻敲鸡蛋，让蛋壳开裂。
   3. Grace tapped on the bedroom door and went in...
      格雷丝轻轻敲了敲卧室的门，走了进去。
   4. There was a comfortable-looking clerk on duty, tapping away on a manual typewriter...
      有个神态安适的办事员在当班，在手动打字机上啪嗒啪嗒地打着字。
   5. To hold the carpet in place, it's a good idea to tap in a few nails temporarily.
      要想固定住地毯，临时钉些钉子是个好办法。
   6. Tap is also a noun.
      
   7. A tap on the door interrupted him and Sally Pierce came in.
      敲门声打断了他，萨莉·皮尔斯走了进来。
3. VERB (尤指听音乐时，用手指或脚)敲节拍，打拍子
   If you tap your fingers or feet, you make a regular pattern of sound by hitting a surface lightly and repeatedly with them, especially while you are listening to music.
   1. The song's so catchy it makes you bounce round the living room or tap your feet.
      这首歌很动听，听着它你就会不由自主地在客厅里舞动，或是用脚打拍子。
4. VERB 开发，发掘，利用(资源、形势)
   If you tap a resource or situation, you make use of it by getting from it something that you need or want.
   1. He owes his election to having tapped deep public disillusion with professional politicians...
      他将自己的当选归因于充分利用了公众对于职业政治家们不再抱希望的心情。
   2. The company is tapping shareholders for £15.8 million...
      公司要向股东募集 1, 580 万英镑。
   3. The Campbell Soup Company says it will try to tap into Japan's rice market.
      坎贝尔羹汤公司表示，它将努力开发日本的大米市场。
5. See also: The government passed laws allowing the police to tap telephones... We suspected the telephone line was tapped. phone-tapping wiretap
6. PHRASE (饮料)散装的，可随时(打开旋塞)取饮的
   If drinks are on tap, they come from a tap rather than from a bottle.
   1. Filtered water is always on tap, making it very convenient to use.
      随时打开龙头都有过滤水，用起来很方便。
7. PHRASE 可轻松获取;可随时使用
   If something is on tap, you can have as much of it as you want whenever you want.
   1. The advantage of group holidays is company on tap but time alone if you want it.
      团体度假的好处在于，要找人陪伴非常容易，想要独处也行。

1. The taps have a lever to control the mix of hot and cold water.
   水阀上有一个手柄控制冷热水。
2. The taps appeared to be made of solid gold.
   水龙头似乎是用纯金制成的。
3. She turned on the taps.
   她打开了那些龙头。
4. He assured MPs that ministers and MPs were not subjected to phone taps.
   他向议员们保证，部长和议员的电话不会遭到窃听。
5. The choir claps and taps to accent the swing of the music.
   歌唱队既拍手又跺脚，以加重音乐的节奏。
6. He says removing the blockages entails very serious operations, including cutting new taps in the pipe.
   他说，消除这些堵塞是一个很艰巨的工程，包括在管道上开凿新的旋塞。
7. This taps into your brains memory banks.
   这将进入你头脑中的记忆银行。
8. The program includes many touch gestures and taps.
   该程序包括许多触控手势和点击手势。
9. Are any of the taps in your house dripping?
   你家的水龙头有没有滴水？
10. Some obvious measures can yield the biggest savings: tracking down leaking pipes and fixing taps or valves.
    采取一些显而易见的措施，便可以达到最佳的节水效果：查出漏水的管道，修理水龙头或阀门。
11. Emerging economies have also turned on the fiscal taps.
    新兴经济体还拧开了财政刺激的龙头。
12. We design, build and service machines for manufacturing Drills, Taps, Saws and for dressing grinding wheels.
    我们设计、产和服务用于制造钻头、锥、片的磨床和砂轮修正。
13. You can install them on faucets and taps.
    你可以安装上水龙头和水龙头。
14. The highway taps a large district.
    这条公路开发了一大片地区。
15. And you can launch your favorite apps with a couple of taps.
    您还可以推出一个水龙头的情侣你最喜欢的应用程序。
16. I thought you checked that before you set the taps.
    我以为你设置之前就检查过了。
17. If you make a text view editable, a keyboard appears when the user taps inside the text view.
    如果你使用可编辑的文本视图，当用户在文本视图点击时就会出现一个键盘。
18. The taps were left on and the water was running. It's a waste.
    水龙头都开着，水在向外流。这是一种浪费。
19. It taps on the other's head with its feelers, using a kind of telegraph code.
    它（蚂蚁）像使用一种电码的方式一样，用触角轻敲对方的头部。
20. It's been proven by the greatest optometrists. Of course, those taps were extremely bothersome.
    这可是最伟大的配镜师验证肯定了的。不过，这样的轻敲肯定是极其恼人的了。
21. There is no sanitation, but we do have strategic taps throughout the community.
    没有卫生设备，但是我们整个社区都装了策略性的水头。
22. He turned on both taps full and left the bathroom.
    他把两个水龙头开到头，就走出了浴室。
23. This gives Mexico a powerful opportunity to grow if it can turn the taps on.
    如果墨西哥抓住了这个机遇，它将会给墨西哥提供一个强有力的发展机会。
24. One of her current assignments also taps her passion for international co-operation and development.
    她目前的一项任务还激发了她对国际合作和开发的热情。
25. Clean the kitchen sinks and the taps taking care to clean around the base of the taps.
    清洁厨房内的洗涤槽及水龙头，注意清洁水龙头底座周围。
26. A dancer who who sounds out rhythms by using metal taps on the toes and heels of the shoes.
    通过脚趾上的金属拍和鞋的后跟发出节奏声音跳舞者。
27. Door handles, taps, television remote controls and refrigerator doors may all be repositories for germs;
    像门的把手，水龙头，电视遥控器和冰箱门都有很多细菌；
28. We can save water by fixing dripping taps.
    我们可以靠修理滴水的水龙头来节约用水。
29. Suddenly the engine came to life and, after a few more taps, began to run effectively.
    突然间，发动机回复生命了，之后再轻敲几下，发动机便回复到正常运转了。
30. All flanges are equipped with pressure taps.
    所有法兰都有压力检测口。

noun

1. (military) signal to turn the lights out

   Synonym:    lights-out