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N-COUNT
龍頭;閥門;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.
例句
She turned on the taps.
她打開了那些龍頭。
...a cold-water tap...
冷水閥
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VERB
輕打;輕拍;輕叩
If you tap something, you hit it with a quick light blow or a series of quick light blows.
例句
He tapped the table to still the shouts of protest...
他敲了敲桌子，以平息抗議的喧鬧聲。
Tap the eggs gently with a teaspoon to crack the shells...
用茶匙輕敲雞蛋，讓蛋殼開裂。
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VERB
(尤指聽音樂時，用手指或腳)敲節拍，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.
例句
The song's so catchy it makes you bounce round the living room or tap your feet.
這首歌很動聽，聽著它你就會不由自主地在客廳里舞動，或是用腳打拍子。
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VERB
開發，發掘，利用(資源、形勢)
If you tap a resource or situation, you make use of it by getting from it something that you need or want.
例句
He owes his election to having tapped deep public disillusion with professional politicians...
他將自己的當選歸因于充分利用了公眾對于職業政治家們不再抱希望的心情。
The company is tapping shareholders for ￡15.8 million...
公司要向股東募集 1, 580 萬英鎊。
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VERB
偷聽，竊聽，監聽(電話)
If someone taps your telephone, they attach a special device to the line so that they can secretly listen to your conversations.
例句
The government passed laws allowing the police to tap telephones...
政府通過了允許警方監聽電話的法令。
We suspected the telephone line was tapped.
我們懷疑電話遭人竊聽了。
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PHRASE
(飲料)散裝的，可隨時(打開旋塞)取飲的
If drinks are on tap, they come from a tap rather than from a bottle.
例句
Filtered water is always on tap, making it very convenient to use.
隨時打開龍頭都有過濾水，用起來很方便。
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PHRASE
可輕松獲取;可隨時使用
If something is on tap, you can have as much of it as you want whenever you want.
例句
The advantage of group holidays is company on tap but time alone if you want it.
團體度假的好處在于，要找人陪伴非常容易，想要獨處也行。