1music 音乐 [countableC, uncountableU] (also rap music)APM a type of popularmusic in which the words of a song are not sung, but spoken in time to music with a steadybeat 说唱乐〔歌词按固定音乐节奏念出的流行音乐〕
4take the rap (for something)SCCBLAMEto be blamed or punished for a mistake or crime, especially unfairly 〔尤指不公正地〕(因某事)受到责罚
Bo was left to take the rap for Victor’s murder.
维克托被杀一案最后是让波顶了罪。
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take the rap (for something)• And it is these bitplayers who nearly always take the rap, rather than white-collar drug lords such as Amado Carrillo.• What you hope he will do is to remain silent and let Preval make decisions and take the rap for unpopularchoices.• People like you usually arrange it so that people like Gleeson take the rap.• Mikerefuses, takes the rap, and Ernie goes free.• It is the incentives under which financialusers and providersoperate that should take the rap and which require attention.• Ed Vulliamy Who should take the rap?• Bo was left to take the rap for Victor's murder.• He has set up his neighbour to take the rap for a very nasty murder.
5.beat the rapAmerican EnglishAmE informal to avoid being punished for a crime 逃避惩罚
a bum/bad rap• She said socialprograms of the 1960s have gotten a bad rap in the 1990s.• They got me on a bum rap.• Yalta's bad name was in some ways a bum rap.
2.music 音乐 [intransitiveI]APM to say the words of a rap song 表演说唱乐
3criticize 批评 [transitiveT]CRITICIZE to criticize someone angrily – used especially in news reports 严厉批评,猛烈抨击〔尤用于新闻报道〕SYN slam
a film rapped by critics for its excessive violence
一部因过分渲染暴力而受到评论家严厉抨击的电影
4say 说 (also rap out) [transitiveT]SHOUT to say something loudly, suddenly, and in a way that soundsangry 厉声地说
‘Come on, ’ he rapped impatiently.
“得了吧。”他不耐烦地厉声说道。
5rap somebody on/over the knuckles (also rap somebody’s knuckles)CRITICIZE
a)to punish or criticize someone for something, but not very severely 〔不十分严厉地〕惩罚[批评]某人
He had his knuckles rapped sharply for meddling in foreign policy.
他因干涉对外政策而受到严厉批评。
b)to punish a child by hitting them on the back of their hand 打手背体罚〔儿童〕
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rap• It raps a defector over the knuckles instantly but, after that, lets bygones be bygones.• Sammy was rapping about some guy in L.A.• Yoshinaka rapped an order at his men.• My consciousness was raised, my knuckles were rapped and I no longer write or think that way.• There was a small, delicaterapping at the door.• Nelson is being rapped for his team's loss.• He rapped gently on the wood.• L.L. Cool Jraps on a new album of Disney songs.• Knuckles were rapping on the car windows, breathsteaming the glass.• Creed went over and rapped on the topsection, but there was no answer.• Seeing her sonoutside, Mrs Evans rapped on the window and called him back into the house.• The conductorrapped the music stand with his baton and the violinsstopped playing.• She rapped the table with her pen and called for silence.
rap on/at• Angrily she rapped on his window.• Knuckles were rapping on the car windows, breath steaming the glass.• Toward afternoon, he rapped on the dividing window and asked the chauffeur to stop.• Later that night, with Jammie and Helen behind me, I rapped on the door of Dad's room.• The rap on the door was hard and curt.• Ma Three quick raps on the kitchen door tugged her back.• Some one was out in the lobbyrapping on the tin doors.• Creed went over and rapped on the top section, but there was no answer.