Слово англійською: tap
Дієслово
Переклад tap українською: налива́ти (пи́во і т. д.), встанови́ти жучки́, встанови́ти прослухо́вування (на телефо́н і т. д.), підслухо́вувати телефо́н
Детальний опис
- [intransitive, transitive] to hit somebody/something quickly and lightly
- tap (away) (at something) Someone tapped at the door.
- He was busy tapping away at his computer.
- tap somebody/something Ralph tapped me on the shoulder.
- Tap the icon to open the app.
- [transitive, intransitive] tap (something) if you tap your fingers, feet, etc. or they tap, you hit them gently against a table, the floor, etc., for example to the rhythm of music
- He kept tapping his fingers on the table.
- The music set everyone's feet tapping.
- [transitive, intransitive] to make use of a source of energy, knowledge, etc. that already exists
- tap something We need to tap the expertise of the people we already have.
- tap into something The movie seems to tap into a general sentimentality about animals.
- [transitive] tap something (especially British English) to fit a device to a phone so that somebody’s calls can be listened to secretly
- He was convinced his phone was being tapped.
see also wiretapping - [transitive] tap something to cut into a tree in order to get liquid from it
- [transitive, usually passive] tap somebody (North American English) to choose somebody to do a particular job
- Richards has been tapped to replace the retiring chairperson.
- [transitive] tap something (phonetics) to produce a tap (6) synonym flap
Word Originverb senses 1 to 2 and verb sense 6 Middle English: from Old French taper, or of imitative origin; compare with the verb clap and rap. verb senses 3 to 5 Old English tæppa ‘peg for the vent-hole of a cask’, tæppian ‘provide (a cask) with a stopper’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch tap and German, Zapfen (nouns).
Phrasal Verbs