English Dictionary

tap

IPA（発音記号）

/tæp/

名詞

くだけた表現

A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask. / A device used to dispense liquids. / Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor.

日本語の意味

樽のベントを塞ぐために用いられる、先細りの円筒形のピンまたはペグ / 液体を供給するための装置 / タップから注がれる酒、またはその酒の特定の種類や質

He carefully removed the oak tap to sample the aged ale.

彼は熟成したエールを試飲するために、樫の樽の栓をゆっくりと抜いた。

意味（1）

A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask.

意味（2）

A device used to dispense liquids.

We don't have bottled water; you'll have to get it from the tap.

意味（3）

Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor.

a liquor of the same tap

意味（4）

A place where liquor is drawn for drinking.

意味（5）

(mechanics) A device used to cut an internal screw thread. (External screw threads are cut with a die.)

We drilled a hole and then cut the threads with the proper tap to match the valve's thread.

意味（6）

A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it.

The system was barely keeping pressure due to all of the ill-advised taps along its length.

意味（7）

An interception of communication by authority.

意味（8）

A device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls.

意味（9）

(medicine, informal) A procedure that removes fluid from a body cavity.

abdominal tap

意味（10）

(finance) The situation where a borrowing government authority issues bonds over a period of time, usually at a fixed price, with volumes sold on a particular day dependent on market conditions.

tap issue; a bond tap

taps （ plural ）