一、詳細(xì)釋義：

n.

輕敲（聲）

例句：

There is a light rap at the door.

有輕輕的敲門(mén)聲。

例句：

He took a bad rap on the head when he fell.

他跌倒時(shí)頭被猛撞了一下。

罪名，刑事責(zé)任

例句：

He was charged with arson, but his lawyer helped him beat the rap.

他被控縱火，但他的律師為他開(kāi)脫了罪責(zé)。

例句：

You'll be facing a Federal rap for aiding and abetting an escaped convict.

因涉嫌協(xié)助和教唆越獄囚犯，你將面臨聯(lián)邦指控。

（常指并不符合實(shí)情的）壞名聲

例句：

The rap on this guy is that he doesn't really care.

這家伙據(jù)說(shuō)并不怎么在乎。

例句：

He said statisticians gave them a bad rap by 'lying with figures'.

他說(shuō)統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)家“用數(shù)據(jù)說(shuō)謊”，敗壞了他們的名聲。

說(shuō)唱

例句：

Do you like rap music? I have trouble understanding the words.

你喜歡說(shuō)唱音樂(lè)嗎？我聽(tīng)不太懂其中的歌詞。

例句：

Every member contributes to the rap, singing either solo or as part of a rap chorus.

每個(gè)成員都參與到說(shuō)唱中來(lái)，或者獨(dú)唱，或者表演說(shuō)唱樂(lè)中的和聲部分。

批評(píng)，責(zé)備，訓(xùn)斥

例句：

He got a rap over the knuckles from the teacher for not doing enough work.

他沒(méi)做完功課挨了老師一通訓(xùn)。

例句：

He got a rap on the knuckles for his bad work.

他因干得糟糕而受責(zé)備。

v.

輕敲，敲擊（致使） [I,T]

例句：

The judge rapped for order.

法官敲敲木棰叫人們遵守紀(jì)律。

例句：

Something rapped smartly against the brickwork over the frame.

窗框上邊的磚頭上有一樣?xùn)|西輕輕作聲。

嚴(yán)厲批評(píng) [I,T]

例句：

The minister rapped banks over their treatment of small businesses.

部長(zhǎng)嚴(yán)厲批評(píng)了銀行對(duì)待小企業(yè)的態(tài)度。

例句：

Water industry chiefs were rapped yesterday for failing their customers.

昨天，水利行業(yè)的頭頭們因?yàn)榈÷蛻舳艿脚u(píng)。

交談 [I]

例句：

Today we are going to rap about relationships.

今天我們要聊聊關(guān)系的問(wèn)題。

例句：

We rapped about baseball for hours.

我們暢談了好幾個(gè)小時(shí)的棒球。

表演說(shuō)唱 [I,T]

例句：

New Yorkers rap about parties and clubs, I rap about car chases and guns.

紐約人在說(shuō)唱音樂(lè)中表現(xiàn)晚會(huì)和俱樂(lè)部的情景，我則說(shuō)唱飛車追逐和槍?xiě)?zhàn)的情景。

例句：

He's talking about the unexpected pleasure of hearing the Kids not only rap but even sing.

他正談?wù)撝?tīng)到Kids組合不僅表演說(shuō)唱音樂(lè)還唱了歌的意外驚喜。

二、詞義辨析：

knock,tap,rap,pat

這些動(dòng)詞均有“敲、擊”之意。 knock指用拳頭或其它器械猛敲或猛打；也指用手輕敲某物。 tap多指慢慢地連續(xù)地輕擊或輕拍。 rap指用手指或木棒等快速地輕敲或急拍。 pat指用手輕拍以示同情、贊同或愛(ài)撫。

三、相關(guān)短語(yǔ)：

rap session

n.<美俚>研討會(huì),座談會(huì)

rap group

研究小組

rap sheet

公安部門(mén)的刑事犯登記表

四、參考例句：

She has an appetite for rap music.

她喜歡說(shuō)唱音樂(lè)。

That boy is fond of rap music.

那個(gè)男孩對(duì)說(shuō)唱音樂(lè)相當(dāng)著迷。

Every member contributes to the rap, singing either solo or as part of a rap chorus.

每個(gè)成員都參與到說(shuō)唱中來(lái)，或者獨(dú)唱，或者表演說(shuō)唱樂(lè)中的和聲部分。

New Yorkers rap about parties and clubs, I rap about car chases and guns.

紐約人在說(shuō)唱音樂(lè)中表現(xiàn)晚會(huì)和俱樂(lè)部的情景，我則說(shuō)唱飛車追逐和槍?xiě)?zhàn)的情景。

He served as DJ in the rap group.

他是說(shuō)唱組合負(fù)責(zé)調(diào)試音樂(lè)的人。

Today we are going to rap about relationships.

今天我們要聊聊關(guān)系的問(wèn)題。

There is a light rap at the door.

有輕輕的敲門(mén)聲。

Her favorite music was by Run DMC, a rap group.

她最喜愛(ài)的音樂(lè)是Run DMC說(shuō)唱組合的音樂(lè)。

We need to sit down and rap about a few things.

我們需要坐下來(lái)講講一些事情。

The rap on this guy is that he doesn't really care.

這家伙據(jù)說(shuō)并不怎么在乎。