rap /ræp/ CET6 TEM8 ( rapping, rapped, raps )

• 1. 

  N-UNCOUNT Rap is a type of music in which the words are not sung but are spoken in a rapid, rhythmic way. 说唱音乐

  例：

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

  她最喜欢的音乐是一个说唱音乐组合的音乐。

• 2. 

  V-I Someone who raps performs rap music. 表演说唱音乐

  例：

  They rap about life in the inner city.

  他们演唱了有关市区生活的说唱乐。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT A rap is a piece of music performed in rap style, or the words that are used in it. 以说唱方式表演的乐曲; (说唱音乐中的) 歌词

  例：

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

  每个成员都在为这首说唱乐出力，或者独唱，或者参与说唱合唱。

• 4. 

  V-T/V-I If you rap on something or rap it, you hit it with a series of quick blows. 急速敲打

  例：

  Mary Ann turned and rapped on Charlie's door.

  玛丽·安转过身急敲查理的门。

  例：

  ...rapping the glass with the knuckles of his right hand.

  …用他右手的指关节敲击玻璃。

• 5. 

  N-COUNT Rap is also a noun. 急敲

  例：

  There was a sharp rap on the door.

  有一阵猛烈的敲门声。

• 6. 

  N-UNCOUNT A rap is a statement in a court of law that someone has committed a particular crime, or the punishment for committing it. 指控; 刑罚 [美国英语] [非正式]

  例：

  With that old man dead, you're up against a murder rap.

  那个老头死了，你现在面临谋杀的指控。

• 7. 

  N-COUNT A rap is an act of criticizing or blaming someone or something. 批评 [journalism]

  例：

  Bad corks get the rap for as much as 15 percent of tainted wine.

  坏木塞被指造成多达15%的葡萄酒受污染。

• 8. 

  V-T If you rap someone for something, you criticize or blame them for it. 批评 [journalism]

  例：

  Water industry chiefs were rapped yesterday for failing their customers.

  供水业的头头们由于未能满足顾客的需要昨天受到了批评。

• 9. 

  N the least amount (esp in the phrase not to care a rap) 最少量; 尤指用于词语“not to care a rap”

• 10. 

  PHRASE If someone in authority raps your knuckles or raps you on the knuckles, they criticize you or blame you for doing something they think is wrong. 训斥 [journalism]

  例：

  I joined the workers on strike and was rapped on the knuckles.

  我加入了工人们的罢工，结果遭到了训斥。

• 11. 

  PHRASE If you say that someone has got a bum rap, you mean that they have been treated unfairly or punished unfairly. 受冤枉 [美国英语] [非正式]

  例：

  She's gotten kind of a bum rap, you know. She's not at all the person she's perceived to be.

  她受到了些冤枉，你知道的。她完全不像人们所想的那样。

• 12. 

  PHRASE If you take the rap, you are blamed or punished for something, especially something that is not your fault or for which other people are equally guilty. 背黑锅 [非正式]

  例：

  When the client was murdered, his wife took the rap, but did she really do it?

  那名客户被谋杀后，他的妻子背了黑锅，但她真的做了吗？

• 13. 

  PHRASE If you beat the rap, you avoid being blamed for something wrong that you have done. 逃脱责罚 [非正式]

  例：

  ...an attorney who boasts he can beat any rap, for a $5,000 fee.

  …一个吹嘘只要5000美元就可以让人逃脱任何责罚的律师。