zapping

基本解释

v. （蓄意）摧毁，除掉；（非正式）（用电流）快速攻击；迅速移动；（用电视遥控器）快速更换频道；（用微波炉）烹饪；（在计算机之间）快速传递（信息）（zap 的现在分词）

They did this by putting pieces of silicon or one of a number ofother solid materials inside a shoe-box-sized cavity and zapping the materialwith microwaves from a metal tip.
他们将硅碎片或者其他种固态物质中的一部分放入一个鞋盒大小的腔中，并且用金属末端放出的微波来轰击这些物质。
Potatoes can be made healthier simply by zapping them with ultrasound or electricity, said scientists from Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary medicine in Japan.
近来，日本带广畜产大学的科学家宣称，只要用超声波或电流击打土豆，就能使土豆变得更加有益健康。
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There are many ways this might be done, but for a first experiment Dr Wong proposes zapping dust in the atmosphere with powerful lasers, to release electrons that can then combine with CO2.
要达到这个目标有许多种方法。但王博士建议的首选方法是通过高功率的激光轰击大气中的灰尘，释放出可以与CO2分子结合的电子。

Now radiologists are touting radio-wave zapping as a viable fourth weapon against smaller tumors.
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To zap someone or something means to kill, destroy, or hit them, for example, with a gun or in a computer game.
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.