词汇精选：rap的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：
n.
轻敲（声）
例句：
There is a light rap at the door.
有轻轻的敲门声。
例句：
He took a bad rap on the head when he fell.
他跌倒时头被猛撞了一下。
罪名，刑事责任
例句：
He was charged with arson, but his lawyer helped him beat the rap.
他被控纵火，但他的律师为他开脱了罪责。
例句：
You'll be facing a Federal rap for aiding and abetting an escaped convict.
因涉嫌协助和教唆越狱囚犯，你将面临联邦指控。
（常指并不符合实情的）坏名声
例句：
The rap on this guy is that he doesn't really care.
这家伙据说并不怎么在乎。
例句：
He said statisticians gave them a bad rap by 'lying with figures'.
他说统计学家“用数据说谎”，败坏了他们的名声。
说唱
例句：
Do you like rap music? I have trouble understanding the words.
你喜欢说唱音乐吗？我听不太懂其中的歌词。
例句：
Every member contributes to the rap, singing either solo or as part of a rap chorus.
每个成员都参与到说唱中来，或者独唱，或者表演说唱乐中的和声部分。
批评，责备，训斥
例句：
He got a rap over the knuckles from the teacher for not doing enough work.
他没做完功课挨了老师一通训。
例句：
He got a rap on the knuckles for his bad work.
他因干得糟糕而受责备。
v.
轻敲，敲击（致使） [I,T]
例句：
The judge rapped for order.
法官敲敲木棰叫人们遵守纪律。
例句：
Something rapped smartly against the brickwork over the frame.
窗框上边的砖头上有一样东西轻轻作声。
严厉批评 [I,T]
例句：
The minister rapped banks over their treatment of small businesses.
部长严厉批评了银行对待小企业的态度。
例句：
Water industry chiefs were rapped yesterday for failing their customers.
昨天，水利行业的头头们因为怠慢客户而受到批评。
交谈 [I]
例句：
Today we are going to rap about relationships.
今天我们要聊聊关系的问题。
例句：
We rapped about baseball for hours.
我们畅谈了好几个小时的棒球。
表演说唱 [I,T]
例句：
New Yorkers rap about parties and clubs, I rap about car chases and guns.
纽约人在说唱音乐中表现晚会和俱乐部的情景，我则说唱飞车追逐和枪战的情景。
例句：
He's talking about the unexpected pleasure of hearing the Kids not only rap but even sing.
他正谈论着听到Kids组合不仅表演说唱音乐还唱了歌的意外惊喜。
二、词义辨析：
knock,tap,rap,pat
这些动词均有“敲、击”之意。knock指用拳头或其它器械猛敲或猛打；也指用手轻敲某物。tap多指慢慢地连续地轻击或轻拍。rap指用手指或木棒等快速地轻敲或急拍。pat指用手轻拍以示同情、赞同或爱抚。
三、相关短语：
rap session
n.<美俚>研讨会,座谈会
rap group
研究小组
rap sheet
公安部门的刑事犯登记表
四、参考例句：
She has an appetite for rap music.
她喜欢说唱音乐。
That boy is fond of rap music.
那个男孩对说唱音乐相当着迷。
Every member contributes to the rap, singing either solo or as part of a rap chorus.
每个成员都参与到说唱中来，或者独唱，或者表演说唱乐中的和声部分。
New Yorkers rap about parties and clubs, I rap about car chases and guns.
纽约人在说唱音乐中表现晚会和俱乐部的情景，我则说唱飞车追逐和枪战的情景。
He served as DJ in the rap group.
他是说唱组合负责调试音乐的人。
Today we are going to rap about relationships.
今天我们要聊聊关系的问题。
There is a light rap at the door.
有轻轻的敲门声。
Her favorite music was by Run DMC, a rap group.
她最喜爱的音乐是Run DMC说唱组合的音乐。
We need to sit down and rap about a few things.
我们需要坐下来讲讲一些事情。
The rap on this guy is that he doesn't really care.
这家伙据说并不怎么在乎。
