n.[C]

1. 掴，掌击
   The rude boy got a slap in the face.

   那个粗鲁的男孩挨了一个耳光。

2. 掌击声；拍打声
   We heard the slap and plunge of people in the water.

   我们听到人们的击水声和跳水声。

3. 打击；责难；侮辱
   The remarks were taken as a direct slap at the existing government's policy.

   那些话被看作是对现政府政策的一记耳光。

vt.

1. 掴……耳光，用手掌打
   He slapped her across the face.

   他掴了她一记耳光。

2. 啪地一声放下（或关上）；随便地放置[O]
   He slapped a sack of cement down.

   他砰的一声重重放下一袋水泥。

3. 【英】【口】胡乱地涂[O]
   We slapped some paint on the wall to brighten up the room.

   我们在墙上涂了些油漆以使房间明亮一些。

4. 【口】课、征（税，罚金等）[（+on）]
   The government slapped import quotas on foreign cars.

   政府对外国汽车强制实行进口限额。

5. 【口】对……起诉；提出（诉讼）
   He slapped a libel suit on a newspaper.

   他告一家报纸犯有诽谤罪。

6. 抨击；侮辱

vi.

1. 掴；拍击
   The waves slapped against the jetty.

   波浪拍打着防波堤。

   He slapped at the fly with a folded newspaper.

   他用一张折着的报纸拍打苍蝇。

ad.

1. 【口】砰地，猛然地
2. 直接地；恰好
   The thief ran slap into a policeman.

   那贼与警察撞了一个满怀。

v.

1. hit or strike with the palm of one's hand or a flat object.
   ▸hit against with the sound of such an action.
   ▸ (slap someone down) informal reprimand someone forcefully.
2. (slap something on) apply something quickly, carelessly, or forcefully.
   ▸informal impose a fine or other penalty on.

n.

1. an act or sound of slapping.
2. informal make-up.

adv.