zap

名词 n. 动词 v. 感叹词 intj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A sound made by a sudden release of electricity or some similar energy. colloquial
  2. An electric shock. colloquial
    — You might feel a little zap touching a metal doorknob when the air is dry.
  3. A raucous public demonstration designed to embarrass a public figure or celebrity as a form of political activism.
    — Black AIDS activists were caught in the middle of a nearly yearlong series of zaps.
  4. The act of heating something in a microwave oven. slang
    — The guest immediately asked the bartender to give his drink a zap in the microwave oven behind him […]
动词 v.
  1. To make a zap sound. intransitive
  2. To use a remote control to repeatedly fast-forward or change channels on a television.
  3. To strike (something or someone) with electricity or energy, as by shooting.
    — They spent the whole movie zapping bad guys into oblivion.
  4. To kill; to eliminate. US,slang,transitive
    — Says a U. S. officer: "We zapped the enemy, now we intend to stick around. […]
  5. To do away with something. slang,transitive
  6. To enliven. slang,transitive
  7. To move or transport (something) in a brief time frame. slang,transitive
  8. To damage (especially electronics) with electrostatic discharge. slang,transitive
    — I think they zapped the processor.
  9. To heat (something) in a microwave oven. slang,transitive
    — If it's not warm in the middle, zap it some more.
  10. To delete or discard (electronic media). slang,transitive
    — They zapped a lot of files before realizing they had not backed up lately.
  11. To further energize or charge (magnetic material). slang,transitive
    — They zapped my motor's magnets.
  12. To photocopy. Singapore,informal,transitive
    — Got to go and zap this document now.
  13. To participate in a zap (protest) against.
    — We are periodically assailed with appeals to help block this or censor that or zap the other media presentation which one or other of us thinks (often with justice) is injurious to gays or others.
感叹词 intj.
  1. Representing the sound or action of a zap.
    — Then the computer went zap and I lost all my work.

词形变化

zaps plural zaps present,singular,third-person zapping participle,present zapped participle,past zapped past zap! canonical

词汇关系

衍生词
brain zap zap 'em up zap over zap up zip zap zop

词源

词源 1
1920s, American English, of imitative origin.
词源 2
1920s, American English, of imitative origin.
词源 3
1920s, American English, of imitative origin.
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