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tap

A2 verb

tap /tæp/ nghĩa là lắp vòi

Các nghĩa

  1. lắp vòi

    To furnish (a container, etc.) with a tap (noun etymology 1, noun sense 2.2) so that liquid can be drawn.

    broadly · transitive

    There's a very pretty brew in tap at The Pure Drop—though, to be sure, not so good as at Rolliver's.

    Vladimir Putin, Russian prime minister, on Tuesday opened the tap to Nord Stream at a compressor station near Vyborg, north-west Russia.

  2. rút, chiết

    To draw off (a liquid) from a container or other source; also, to draw off a liquid from (a container or other source).

    transitive

    He tapped the ten-year-old whiskey from its barrel.

    If we tap the maple trees, we can get maple syrup.

    Theſe Buſſards thinke knowledge a burthen, tapping it before they haue halfe tunde it, venting it before they haue filled it, […]

  3. chọc dò, dẫn lưu

    To drain off fluid from (a person or a body cavity) by paracentesis.

    informal · transitive

  4. khai thác, tiếp cận

    To break into or open up (a thing) so as to obtain something; to exploit, to penetrate; tap into.

    figuratively · transitive

    Businesses are trying to tap the youth market.

    He tried to tap cable television without a subscription.

  5. rút cạn, vơi

    To deplete (something); to tap out.

    figuratively · transitive

  6. xin xỏ, chạy vạy

    To ask or beg for (something) to be given for free; to cadge, to scrounge; also, to ask or beg (someone) to give something for free.

    figuratively · informal · transitive

    I tried to tap a cigarette off him, but he wouldn’t give me one.

    Thanks, old man, Hynes said. I'll tap him too. […] Three bob I lent him in Meagher's. Three weeks. Third hint.

+ 2 nghĩa khác

  1. nghe lén, ghi âm lén

    To connect a listening and/or recording device to (a communication cable or device) in order to listen in secretly on telephone calls or other communications; also, to secretly listen in on and/or record (a telephone call or other communication).

    figuratively · transitive

    They can’t tap the phone without a warrant.

  2. lật úp (bài)

    To turn over (a playing card or playing piece) to remind players that it has already been used in that round.

    figuratively · transitive

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