rap

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

Her favourite music was by Run DMC, a rap group. 她最喜歡的音樂是一個說唱音樂組合的音樂。

2. V-I Someone who raps performs rap music. 表演說唱音樂

They rap about life in the inner city. 他們演唱了有關(guān)市區(qū)生活的說唱樂。

3. N-COUNT A rap is a piece of music performed in rap style, or the words that are used in it. 以說唱方式表演的樂曲; (說唱音樂中的) 歌詞

Every member contributes to the rap, singing either solo or as part of a rap chorus. 每個成員都在為這首說唱樂出力，或者獨唱，或者參與說唱合唱。

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

Mary Ann turned and rapped on Charlie's door. 瑪麗·安轉(zhuǎn)過身急敲查理的門。

...rapping the glass with the knuckles of his right hand. …用他右手的指關(guān)節(jié)敲擊玻璃。

5. N-COUNT Rap is also a noun. 急敲

There was a sharp rap on the door. 有一陣猛烈的敲門聲。

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; 刑罰[美國英語] [非正式]

With that old man dead, you're up against a murder rap. 那個老頭死了，你現(xiàn)在面臨謀殺的指控。

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

Bad corks get the rap for as much as 15 percent of tainted wine. 壞木塞被指造成多達15%的葡萄酒受污染。

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

Water industry chiefs were rapped yesterday for failing their customers. 供水業(yè)的頭頭們由于未能滿足顧客的需要昨天受到了批評。

9. N the least amount (esp in the phrase not to care a rap) 最少量; 尤指用于詞語“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. 訓(xùn)斥[journalism]

I joined the workers on strike and was rapped on the knuckles. 我加入了工人們的罷工，結(jié)果遭到了訓(xùn)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[美國英語] [非正式]

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。她完全不像人們所想的那樣。

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. 背黑鍋[非正式]

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

那名客戶被謀殺后，他的妻子背了黑鍋，但她真的做了嗎？

13. PHRASE If you beat the rap, you avoid being blamed for something wrong that you have done. 逃脫責(zé)罰[非正式]

...an attorney who boasts he can beat any rap, for a $5,000 fee. …一個吹噓只要5000美元就可以讓人逃脫任何責(zé)罰的律師。