Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense zaps, present participle zapping, past tense, past participle zapped
1VERB (用枪或在电脑游戏中等)杀死,摧毁,击中 To zap someone or something means to kill, destroy, or hit them, for example with a gun or in a computer game. (用枪或在电脑游戏中等)杀死,摧毁,击中 [informal]
A guard zapped him with the stun gun. [VERB noun]
一名警卫用眩晕枪击中了他。
...throat spray, which absolutely zaps any remnant of my sore throat. [VERB noun]
2VERB (用遥控器)变换(频道),换(台) If you zap channels while watching television, you change channels using the remote control. (用遥控器)变换(频道),换(台) [informal]
Men like to zap the TV channels, something that can drive certain women berserk. [VERB noun]
男人喜欢不停地换台,这会让一些女人抓狂。
3VERB 删除,从屏幕上清除(计算机文件) To zap something such as a computer file or document means to to delete it from the computer memory or to clear it from the screen. 删除,从屏幕上清除(计算机文件) [computing, informal]