n.[C]

1. 叩擊（聲）；敲擊（聲）；拍擊（聲）[（+on/at）]
   I was about to go to bed when I heard a rap at the door.

   我正要上床睡覺時聽到了敲門聲。

2. 饒舌音樂，饒舌歌曲
3. 【俚】責備，責難；埋怨[（+at）]
   He got the rap for our mistake.

   他因我們的錯誤而受到責備。

4. 【美】【俚】罪責；刑罰；刑期
   The court slapped a murder rap on him.

   法庭當場以謀殺罪判他刑。

vt.

1. 叩擊；敲擊；拍擊
   She rapped him over the knuckles with her fan.

   她用扇子打他的手指關節。

2. 厲聲地說[（+out）]
   The officer rapped out an order.

   軍官厲聲發出命令。

3. 敲擊致使
   The monitor rapped the meeting to order.

   班長啪啪敲擊宣布開會。

4. 【美】【俚】苛責，尖銳批評
   The chairman rapped the delegate for naming names.

   會議主席苛責該代表，批評他指名道姓攻擊別人。

5. 【美】【俚】追究……的刑事責任；判處

vi.

1. 敲擊；拍擊[（+on/at）]
   He would rap at the desk when he had difficulty working out a math problem.

   他做數學題遇到困難時往往要敲書桌。

   The chairman rapped on the table for order.

   主席拍拍桌子讓大家安靜。

vt.

1. 搶走，奪去
2. 使著迷，使銷魂

n.

1. 無價值的東西
2. 【口】（用於否定句）一丁點兒，極少[S]
   I don't care a rap about what he says.

   他說什麼我才不在乎呢。

vi.【俚】

1. 交談，閒聊；討論[（+to）]
   We could hear them in the room below, laughing and rapping.

   我們可以聽到他們在底下房間裡談笑。

2. 理解[（+to）]
   Right away he rapped to what it was.

   他頓時醒悟到那是怎麼一回事。

n.【俚】

1. 交談，閒談[C]
   Stop your rap!

   別瞎扯！

v.

1. strike (a hard surface) with a series of rapid blows.
   ▸strike several times against a hard surface.
   ▸strike sharply.
2. (usu. rap something out) say sharply or suddenly.
   ▸informal criticize severely.
3. informal, chiefly N. Amer. talk or chat in an easy and familiar manner.
4. perform rap music.

n.

1. a quick, sharp knock or blow.
2. a type of popular music of US black origin in which words are recited rapidly and rhythmically over an instrumental backing.
3. informal a rebuke or criticism.
4. informal, chiefly N. Amer. an impromptu talk or discussion.
5. N. Amer. informal a criminal charge:
   a murder rap.

n.