He has spent so long tap-tap-tapping on electronic gizmos of one kind or another that he has completely missed out on the skill of forming legible characters with his own hand.

他长久以来一直是“嗒嗒”地敲着一种或者其他的电子小装置以致他完全忘记了用自己的双手拼词组句的能力。

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Their Imaginary Phone relies on a depth-sensitive camera, similar to ones used in Microsoft's Kinect for Xbox, that would detect the swiping and tapping motions on your hand.

他们构想的手机依赖于一个高度敏感的相机，类似于微软Xbox的Kinect。 它能检测到手的滑动和点击动作。

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Listening to the rhythmical tapping of clock, I suddenly found out that the sound emitted by the second hand was not uniform either in volume or in strength.

倾听对面墙上壁钟秒针的“忙音”，我突然注意到一种现象，那就是：秒针所发出来的声音大小不同，强弱不一。

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"It's so we don't forget about the people in Newtown, " Rizzo said, tapping the patch with his hand.

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Out to the movies, at Grandma's for Thanksgiving, they're tapping away at their little hand-held currency reader gadget just checking the situation for the Japanese yen or Zimbabwean dollar.

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