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1 tap
I 1. [tæp] noun(a quick touch or light knock or blow: I heard a tap at the door.) pancadinha2. verb((often with at, on or with) to give a light knock (on or with something): He tapped at/on the window.) bater levemente- tap-dancer II 1. [tæp] noun((American faucet) any of several types of device (usually with a handle and valve that can be shut or opened) for controlling the flow of liquid or gas from a pipe, barrel etc: Turn the tap off/on!) torneira2. verb1) (to start using (a source, supply etc): The country has many rich resources that have not been tapped.) explorar2) (to attach a device to (someone's telephone wires) in order to be able to listen to his telephone conversations: My phone was being tapped.) pôr escuta em* * *[tæp] n 1 pancadinha, batida, golpe leve. 2 pedaço de couro para proteger o salto do sapato. 3 batoque (de pipa). 4 torneira. 5 bebida alcoólica (de certa marca ou qualidade). 6 bar. 7 Electr ponto de tomada ou derivação elétrica. 8 Tech macho de tarraxa. 9 peça metálica adaptada à sola e salto do sapato para sapatear. • vt+vi 1 bater de leve, dar pancadinha. 2 remendar, solar sapatos. 3 sangrar, furar, puncionar para tirar líquido (também Med). 4 desarrolhar, destampar (pipa). 5 tirar líquido (por punção). 6 ligar, penetrar, abrir (uma estrada). they tapped the telephone wire / fizeram ligação clandestina no fio telefônico. 7 Electr derivar. 8 cortar rosca interna. 9 sapatear. he didn’t do a tap of work ele nem mexeu um dedo, não fez nada. he tapped me for sl ele deu-me uma facada, pediu-me dinheiro emprestado. on tap a) do barril. b) fig em estoque. three-way tap torneira tripla. to tap the hand on the table bater com a mão na mesa. -
2 tap
I 1. [tæp] noun(a quick touch or light knock or blow: I heard a tap at the door.) batida leve2. verb((often with at, on or with) to give a light knock (on or with something): He tapped at/on the window.) bater de leve- tap-dancer II 1. [tæp] noun((American faucet) any of several types of device (usually with a handle and valve that can be shut or opened) for controlling the flow of liquid or gas from a pipe, barrel etc: Turn the tap off/on!) torneira2. verb1) (to start using (a source, supply etc): The country has many rich resources that have not been tapped.) explorar2) (to attach a device to (someone's telephone wires) in order to be able to listen to his telephone conversations: My phone was being tapped.) grampear -
3 modem
['moudem](a device attached to a computer that enables the transfer of data to or from a computer through telephone lines.)* * *mo.dem[m'oudəm] n Comp modulador, demodulador: aparelho que converte informação digital em informação analógica, que pode ser transmitida por linhas telefônicas. -
4 scrambler
noun (a device for scrambling telephone messages.) aparelho de interferência* * *scram.bler[skr'æmblə] n o que se arrasta, o que labuta. -
5 modem
['moudem](a device attached to a computer that enables the transfer of data to or from a computer through telephone lines.) modem -
6 scrambler
noun (a device for scrambling telephone messages.)
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