untap

abbr. United Nations Technical Assistance Programme 联合国技术援助计划

词形变化

untapping untaps 三单 untaps untapping 现在分词 untapped 过去式 untapped 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To release a flow of (creativity, potential, etc.); to unleash.

    及物
  2. 2.

    Opposite of tap; to return (transitive) a card or piece, or (intransitive) all available cards or pieces, to their original orientation (e.g. at the start of a new turn) to indicate that they are ready to be used again.

    游戏

词源

From un- + tap, apparently by confusion of unleash (or similar) and tap.

来源:wiktionary