"taps" in Chinese (Traditional)
水龍頭輕拍竊聽
Definition
控制水流的裝置(水龍頭)、輕拍或輕敲、或祕密監聽電話的行為。也是美國軍隊在葬禮上吹奏的號角曲。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))
非常依賴上下文。"Tap" 作為水龍頭是英式英語(美國人說 "faucet")。Phone taps = 竊聽電話。"On tap" 意為隨時可用("beer on tap")。Taps(號角曲)總是大寫並作為單數使用。
Examples
Turn off the taps when you're done washing your hands.
洗完手後把**水龍頭**關掉。
I felt a few light taps on my shoulder.
我感到肩膀上有幾下輕**拍**。
The bar has several craft beers on tap.
這家酒吧有好幾種**散裝**精釀啤酒。
The intelligence agency had been running phone taps on suspected terrorists for months.
情報機構已經對恐怖嫌疑人進行了數月的電話**竊聽**。
As the coffin was lowered, a lone bugler played Taps across the silent cemetery.
當棺材被緩緩放下時,一位孤獨的號手在寂靜的墓地吹奏了**安息號**。
She taps her foot impatiently whenever she's kept waiting.
每當被迫等待時,她就會不耐煩地**敲**腳。