- 1水龍頭（美式；英式多說 tap，中文都是這個）
A faucet is the metal or plastic fitting you turn so water comes out of a pipe, or so it stops. Kitchen, bathroom, garden: if you twist it and water runs, that thing is the faucet in American English. British English usually says tap for the same object, and Americans say tap too, especially for the water itself (“tap water”). Faucet stays closer to the hardware — the fixture on the sink or the outdoor pipe. Though actually, people stretch it a little: “turn off the faucet” can mean stop the water, even if the speaker is not pointing at the metal part. It is an everyday household word, not a technical one, unless a is being exact about the parts.
組成From Middle English faucet, from Old French fausset. The deeper origin is uncertain: some link it to Latin for “throat,” others to a word for a waterfall. Neither story is settled.
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
faucetnoun/ˈfɔːsɪt/
- 1
An exposed plumbing fitting; a tap or spigot; a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir.
- The rain ceased as if a faucet had been turned off.
- Wallace beats his palm against the reluctant handle of the faucet until it gives way, and the water comes out too hard, too fast.
- 2
One or several systems that inject currency into the game's economy, thus controlling or preventing inflation
- 3
A tapered tube, designed to be forced into a matching hole in a barrel, with the outer end holding a plug cock for decanting liquid from the barrel.
- The pipe or faucet or rather fast set, so called, because it is set fast in.
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