rap

1. N-UNCOUNT Rap is a type of music in which the words are not sung but are spoken in a rapid, rhythmic way. 说唱音乐

Her favourite music was by Run DMC, a rap group. 她最喜欢的音乐是一个说唱音乐组合的音乐。

2. V-I Someone who raps performs rap music. 表演说唱音乐

They rap about life in the inner city. 他们演唱了有关市区生活的说唱乐。

3. N-COUNT A rap is a piece of music performed in rap style, or the words that are used in it. 以说唱方式表演的乐曲; (说唱音乐中的) 歌词

Every member contributes to the rap, singing either solo or as part of a rap chorus. 每个成员都在为这首说唱乐出力，或者独唱，或者参与说唱合唱。

4. V-T/V-I If you rap on something or rap it, you hit it with a series of quick blows. 急速敲打

Mary Ann turned and rapped on Charlie's door. 玛丽·安转过身急敲查理的门。

...rapping the glass with the knuckles of his right hand. …用他右手的指关节敲击玻璃。

5. N-COUNT Rap is also a noun. 急敲

There was a sharp rap on the door. 有一阵猛烈的敲门声。

6. N-UNCOUNT A rap is a statement in a court of law that someone has committed a particular crime, or the punishment for committing it. 指控; 刑罚[美国英语] [非正式]

With that old man dead, you're up against a murder rap. 那个老头死了，你现在面临谋杀的指控。

7. N-COUNT A rap is an act of criticizing or blaming someone or something. 批评[journalism]

Bad corks get the rap for as much as 15 percent of tainted wine. 坏木塞被指造成多达15%的葡萄酒受污染。

8. V-T If you rap someone for something, you criticize or blame them for it. 批评[journalism]

Water industry chiefs were rapped yesterday for failing their customers. 供水业的头头们由于未能满足顾客的需要昨天受到了批评。

9. N the least amount (esp in the phrase not to care a rap) 最少量; 尤指用于词语“not to care a rap”

10. PHRASE If someone in authority raps your knuckles or raps you on the knuckles, they criticize you or blame you for doing something they think is wrong. 训斥[journalism]

I joined the workers on strike and was rapped on the knuckles. 我加入了工人们的罢工，结果遭到了训斥。

11. PHRASE If you say that someone has got a bum rap, you mean that they have been treated unfairly or punished unfairly. 受冤枉[美国英语] [非正式]

She's gotten kind of a bum rap, you know. She's not at all the person she's perceived to be. 她受到了些冤枉，你知道的。她完全不像人们所想的那样。

12. PHRASE If you take the rap, you are blamed or punished for something, especially something that is not your fault or for which other people are equally guilty. 背黑锅[非正式]

When the client was murdered, his wife took the rap, but did she really do it?

那名客户被谋杀后，他的妻子背了黑锅，但她真的做了吗？

13. PHRASE If you beat the rap, you avoid being blamed for something wrong that you have done. 逃脱责罚[非正式]

...an attorney who boasts he can beat any rap, for a $5,000 fee. …一个吹嘘只要5000美元就可以让人逃脱任何责罚的律师。