n.[C]

1. 摑，掌擊
   The rude boy got a slap in the face.

   那個粗魯的男孩挨了一個耳光。

2. 掌擊聲；拍打聲
   We heard the slap and plunge of people in the water.

   我們聽到人們的擊水聲和跳水聲。

3. 打擊；責難；侮辱
   The remarks were taken as a direct slap at the existing government's policy.

   那些話被看作是對現政府政策的一記耳光。

vt.

1. 摑……耳光，用手掌打
   He slapped her across the face.

   他摑了她一記耳光。

2. 啪地一聲放下（或關上）；隨便地放置[O]
   He slapped a sack of cement down.

   他砰的一聲重重放下一袋水泥。

3. 【英】【口】胡亂地塗[O]
   We slapped some paint on the wall to brighten up the room.

   我們在牆上塗了些油漆以使房間明亮一些。

4. 【口】課徵（稅，罰金等）[（+on）]
   The government slapped import quotas on foreign cars.

   政府對外國汽車強制實行進口限額。

5. 【口】對……起訴；提出（訴訟）
   He slapped a libel suit on a newspaper.

   他告一家報紙犯有誹謗罪。

6. 抨擊；侮辱

vi.

1. 摑；拍擊
   The waves slapped against the jetty.

   波浪拍打著防波堤。

   He slapped at the fly with a folded newspaper.

   他用一張摺著的報紙拍打蒼蠅。

ad.

1. 【口】砰地，猛然地
2. 直接地；恰好
   The thief ran slap into a policeman.

   那賊與警察撞了一個滿懷。

v.

1. hit or strike with the palm of one's hand or a flat object.
   ▸hit against with the sound of such an action.
   ▸ (slap someone down) informal reprimand someone forcefully.
2. (slap something on) apply something quickly, carelessly, or forcefully.
   ▸informal impose a fine or other penalty on.

n.

1. an act or sound of slapping.
2. informal make-up.

adv.