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turn on/off the faucet
美式英语常用 faucet，英式英语更常说 tap。
Don't forget to turn off the faucet when you leave.
离开时别忘了关掉水龙头。
水龙头
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
水龙头
faucet
Don't forget to turn off the faucet when you leave.
离开时别忘了关掉水龙头。
一种或多种向游戏经济中注入货币的系统,从而控制或防止通货膨胀。
One or several systems that inject currency into the game's economy, thus controlling or preventing inflation
控制液体从储存器流出的装置
a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir
一种锥形管,设计用于插入桶上的匹配孔,外端带有旋塞,用于从桶中倒出液体。
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.
Please turn off the faucet after you wash your hands.
洗完手后请关掉水龙头。
The kitchen faucet is dripping, so we need to replace the washer.
厨房的水龙头在滴水，所以我们需要更换垫圈。
She filled the pot with cold water from the bathroom faucet.
她用浴室水龙头里的冷水装满了锅。
美式英语常用 faucet，英式英语更常说 tap。
Don't forget to turn off the faucet when you leave.
离开时别忘了关掉水龙头。
描述水龙头漏水时，可用 drip 强调滴水，用 leak 表达更严重的漏水。
The faucet has been dripping for two days.
这个水龙头已经滴了两天水。
out of 表示从内部流出，也可说 from the faucet。
Hot water comes out of this faucet.
热水从这水龙头里流出来。
Not this
Water is dripping from faucet.
Use this
Water is dripping from the faucet.
faucet 是可数名词单数，前面需要限定词（如 the/a）；中文没有冠词，所以学习者容易漏掉。
Not this
I usually drink faucet water.
Use this
I usually drink tap water.
表示"自来水"要用固定搭配 tap water，而不是把 faucet 用作定语组成 faucet water；这是中文直译造成的不自然表达。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
打开水龙头
Turn on the faucet and rinse the vegetables.
打开水龙头冲洗蔬菜。
关上水龙头
Make sure to turn off the faucet tightly.
确保用力关上水龙头。
漏水的水龙头
A leaky faucet can waste a lot of water.
漏水的水龙头会浪费很多水。
厨房水龙头
She installed a new kitchen faucet last week.
她上周安装了一个新的厨房水龙头。
热水龙头
The hot water faucet in the bathroom is broken.
浴室里的热水龙头坏了。
Use faucet naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
faucet 水龙头：想象它像个小阀门（阀），拧开时水哗哗流；音近“阀塞特”，阀+塞子，记住龙头就是控水的阀门。
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、家居用品、维修安装说明 faucet 是美式英语中表示“水龙头”的常用词，语气中性；英式英语中更常说 tap。通常用于日常交流、家居或维修场景。
None of these words rhymes exactly with faucet /ˈfɔsət/. The -cet lookalikes facet /ˈfæsɪt/, lancet /ˈlænsɪt/, and dulcet /ˈdʌlsɪt/ share the spelling ending but not the vowel. Sauce shares only the /ɔs/ sound and lacks the final /ət/. Note that the c in faucet is soft, pronounced /s/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.