"taps" in Chinese (Simplified)

水龙头轻拍窃听

Definition

控制水流的装置（水龙头）、轻拍或轻敲、或秘密监听电话的行为。也是美国军队在葬礼上吹奏的号角曲。

非常依赖上下文。"Tap" 作为水龙头是英式英语（美国人说 "faucet"）。Phone taps = 窃听电话。"On tap" 意为随时可用（"beer on tap"）。Taps（号角曲）总是大写并作为单数使用。

Turn off the taps when you're done washing your hands.

洗完手后把**水龙头**关掉。

I felt a few light taps on my shoulder.

我感到肩膀上有几下轻**拍**。

The bar has several craft beers on tap.

这家酒吧有好几种**散装**精酿啤酒。

The intelligence agency had been running phone taps on suspected terrorists for months.

情报机构已经对恐怖嫌疑人进行了数月的电话**窃听**。

As the coffin was lowered, a lone bugler played Taps across the silent cemetery.

当棺材被缓缓放下时，一位孤独的号手在寂静的墓地吹奏了**安息号**。

She taps her foot impatiently whenever she's kept waiting.

每当被迫等待时，她就会不耐烦地**敲**脚。