单词 | on tap |
释义 | on tapSEE SYNONYMS FOR on tap ON THESAURUS.COM Available for immediate use, ready, as in We have two more trumpeters on tap for the parade. This metaphoric expression alludes to a beverage such as beer that is ready to be drawn from a cask. [Mid-1800s] Words nearby on tapon standby, on-stream, on strike, on sufferance, ont-, on tap, on-target, Ontarian, Ontario, on tenterhooks, on the air The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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