zap /zæp/ star1 (zapping,zapped,zaps)

• 1.  

  V-T（及物动词） 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) 杀死; 摧毁; 击中 [非正式]

  例：

  A guard zapped him with the stun gun.

  一名警卫用眩晕枪击中了他。

• 2.  

  V-T（及物动词） To zap something such as a computer file or document means to delete it from the computer memory or to clear it from the screen. 清除 (电脑文件、文档等) [计算机][非正式]

  例：

  "We zap millions and millions of spam mails a day from our servers," AOL spokesman Nicholas Graham said.

  “我们一天要从我们的服务器上清除数以百万计的垃圾邮件，”美国在线公司发言人尼古拉斯·格雷厄姆说。