tap

robinet

Dispositif qu’on ouvre ou ferme pour régler l’écoulement d’un liquide depuis un tuyau ou un récipient.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : faucet

Expressions courantes : water tap, turn the tap, tap water

petit coup, tapotement

Coup ou contact léger, ou petit bruit produit par ce geste.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : a tap on something (I felt a tap on my shoulder.)

Synonymes : pat, knock

Expressions courantes : gentle tap, tap on something, light tap

taraud

Outil qui creuse des rainures dans un trou pour permettre d’y visser une vis.

En anglais simple : 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.

Expressions courantes : thread tap, tap and die, use a tap

dérivation, piquage

Raccord permettant de prendre de l’électricité ou du liquide sur une ligne sans couper la ligne principale.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : branch connection

Expressions courantes : electrical tap, pipe tap, tap connection

bonde, bouchon

Pièce à bout pointu qu’on met ou retire pour fermer ou ouvrir le trou d’un récipient.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : plug, stopper

Expressions courantes : wooden tap, cask tap

sorte, cru

Boisson tirée d’un tonneau, ou sorte ou qualité particulière d’une boisson ou d’autre chose.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : kind, sort

Expressions courantes : same tap, different tap, excellent tap

tapoter, toucher

Toucher ou frapper légèrement quelque chose, parfois plusieurs fois.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : tap on something (She tapped on the window.); tap someone on something (He tapped me on the shoulder.)

Synonymes : pat, touch

Expressions courantes : tap the screen, tap someone’s shoulder, tap on something

exploiter, puiser dans

Obtenir et utiliser ce qu’une source peut fournir.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : tap into something (The company hopes to tap into a new market.)

Synonymes : draw on, access

Expressions courantes : tap resources, tap into something, tap someone’s expertise