tape 1 S3 W3 AC / teɪp / 名词

1 for recording

a) [不可数名词] narrow plastic material covered with a special magnetic substance, on which you can record sounds, pictures, or computer information

on tape (= recorded on tape )

We’ve got the film on tape.

I hate hearing my voice on tape.

b) [可数名词] a special plastic box containing a length of tape that you can record sound on 同义词 cassette :

I’ll listen to the tape tomorrow.

William lent me some of his Beatles tapes.

tape of

We played a tape of African music and began dancing.

Bring me a blank tape and I’ll record it for you.

c) [可数名词] a special plastic box containing a length of tape that you can record sound and pictures on 同义词 videotape

2 sticky material [不可数名词] a narrow length of plastic that is sticky on one side and is used to stick things together 同义词 Sellotape British English , Scotch tape American English :

a photo stuck to the wall with tape

3 thin piece of material [可数和不可数名词] a long thin piece of plastic or cloth used for purposes such as marking out an area of ground or tying things together :

Crime-scene tape marked out the position of the murdered man.

4 the tape a string stretched out across the finishing line in a race and broken by the winner

5 for measuring [可数名词] a tape measure

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