tapping

英 [ˈtæpɪŋ]

美 [ˈtæpɪŋ]

v.  轻敲; 轻拍; 轻叩; (用…)轻轻叩击; 利用，开发，发掘(已有的资源、知识等)
tap的现在分词

复数：tappings　现在分词：tapping　

化学

BNC.22579 / COCA.22550

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 龙头;阀门;旋塞
  Atapis 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


• VERB 轻打;轻拍;轻叩
  If youtapsomething, 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. Tapis 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。
• VERB (尤指听音乐时，用手指或脚)敲节拍，打拍子
  If youtapyour 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。
• VERB 开发，发掘，利用(资源、形势)
  If youtapa 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。
• See also:The government passed laws allowing the police to tap telephones...We suspected the telephone line was tapped.phone-tappingwiretap
• PHRASE (饮料)散装的，可随时(打开旋塞)取饮的
  If drinks areon 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。
• PHRASE 可轻松获取;可随时使用
  If something ison 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。

英英释义

noun

• the sound of light blow or knock
  1. he heard the tapping of the man's cane

双语例句

• He was tapping his walking stick against his leg.
  他用手杖轻敲着腿。
• Life has a funny way of tapping us on the shoulder when we need to create change.
  生活以一种有趣的方式，在我们需要改变时轻拍我们的肩膀。
• There's no rhythm to his tapping, and that makes you smile a bit.
  他的踏脚没什么节奏可言，而这让你扯开了一点微笑。
• You can still type the old way, tapping one key at a time.
  此外，你依然可以按老方法每次按一个键来打字。
• I am Anne Sullivan tapping out the secrets of the universe into the outstretched hand of Helen Keller.
  我是安妮·沙利文，把宇宙的秘密放入海伦·凯勒的手中和心里；
• Is that you've been illegally tapping your superior's phone.
  你在你上级的电话上作了不合法的手脚。
• Outsourcing and offshoring offer additional opportunities for tapping into the global jobs market.
  外包和海外转移为利用全球就业岗位市场提供了新的机遇。
• Dermot joined her, his eyes on the dance floor, his fingers tapping out a rhythm on the table
  德莫特加入了她的行列，眼睛盯着舞池，手指在桌子上敲着节拍。
• The controlling system improves the machining efficiency and can deal with the emergent factors successfully in the tapping process.
  所设计的控制系统，提高了加工效率和对攻丝过程中突发因素的处理能力。
• They worked on the farm, tapping rubber trees.
  他们在这农场做割胶的工作。