tap

蛇口

管や容器から出る液体の流れを、開閉して調節する装置。

やさしい英語で： A device you open or close to control liquid flowing from a pipe or container.

• Please turn off the tap.
• The kitchen tap is leaking again.
• We filled our bottles from the taps outside.

類義語： faucet

よく使う表現： water tap, turn the tap, tap water

軽くたたくこと、軽い打音

軽くたたいたり触れたりすること。また、そのときの短い音。

やさしい英語で： A gentle hit or touch, or the short sound it makes.

• There was a tap on the window.
• She gave his arm a gentle tap.
• Three quick taps at the door woke me.

使い方： a tap on something (I felt a tap on my shoulder.)

類義語： pat, knock

よく使う表現： gentle tap, tap on something, light tap

タップ、ねじ切り工具

ねじを入れられるように、穴の内側に溝を切る工具。

やさしい英語で： A tool that cuts grooves inside a hole so a screw can fit into it.

• Use a tap to cut the thread.
• He selected a smaller tap for the hole.
• These taps can cut threads in steel.

よく使う表現： thread tap, tap and die, use a tap

分岐接続、分岐

本線を切らずに、そこから電気や液体を取り出すための接続。

やさしい英語で： A connection that takes electricity or liquid from a line without cutting the main line.

• The electrician added a tap to the cable.
• Each tap supplies a separate branch of the system.
• Too many taps reduced the pressure in the main pipe.

類義語： branch connection

よく使う表現： electrical tap, pipe tap, tap connection

栓

容器の穴を開け閉めするために使う、先のとがった栓。

やさしい英語で： A pointed plug used to open or close a hole in a container.

• He pulled the tap from the barrel.
• A wooden tap sealed the hole in the cask.
• The old container was missing its tap.

類義語： plug, stopper

よく使う表現： wooden tap, cask tap

種類、品質

樽から出す飲み物。また、飲み物などの種類や品質。

やさしい英語で： Drink taken from a barrel, or a particular kind or quality of drink or other thing.

• The inn served an excellent tap of ale.
• Their beer was of the same tap as ours.
• His latest jokes were of a different tap.

類義語： kind, sort

よく使う表現： same tap, different tap, excellent tap

軽くたたく、タップする

何かに軽く触れたり、軽くたたいたりする。繰り返すこともある。

やさしい英語で： To touch or hit something gently, sometimes several times.

• Tap the screen to open the picture.
• She tapped her fingers on the desk.
• Someone was tapping me on the shoulder.

使い方： tap on something (She tapped on the window.); tap someone on something (He tapped me on the shoulder.)

類義語： pat, touch

よく使う表現： tap the screen, tap someone’s shoulder, tap on something

活用する、利用する

利用できる供給源から何かを得て使う。

やさしい英語で： To get and use something available from a source.

• We can tap local knowledge for ideas.
• The project tapped reserves of underground water.
• How can small businesses tap into these funds?

使い方： tap into something (The company hopes to tap into a new market.)

類義語： draw on, access

よく使う表現： tap resources, tap into something, tap someone’s expertise