tape

英 [te?p] 美[tep]

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復(fù)數(shù):?tapes;第三人稱單數(shù):?tapes;過去式:?taped;過去分詞:?taped;現(xiàn)在分詞:?taping;

tape 布帶，膠帶，磁帶，錄音帶

來自古英語 taeppe,小布條，布帶，可能來自拉丁語 tapete,布料，毯子，來自希臘語 tapes,紡織品，布料，毯子，來自 PIE*temp,拉，伸，來自 PIE*ten,拉，伸，詞源同 extend,tense.引申諸相關(guān)詞義。

tape (n.): Old English t?ppe "narrow strip of cloth used for tying, measuring, etc.," of uncertain origin; perhaps [Klein] a back-formation from Latin tapete "cloth, carpet," compare also Old Frisian tapia, Middle Low German tapen "to pull, pluck, tear." The original short vowel became long in Middle English.

Adhesive tape is from 1885; also in early use sometimes friction tape. Tape recorder "device for recording sound on magnetic tape" first attested 1932; from earlier meaning "device for recording data on ticker tape" (1892), from tape in the sense of "paper strip of a printer" (1884). Tape-record (v.) is from 1950. Tape-measure is attested from 1873; tape-delay is from 1968.
tape (v.): c. 1600, "furnish with tape," from tape (n.). Meaning "attach with adhesive tape" is from 1932; meaning "to make a tape recording" is from 1950. Related: Taped; taping.

1. A technician loads a video tape into one of the machines.: 一名技師把一盒錄影帶裝進(jìn)其中一臺機(jī)器。

3. He wore a hidden microphone to secretly tape-record conversations.: 他身上藏了一個傳聲器，打算偷偷錄下談話內(nèi)容。

4. Using silver tape, they taped all the doors and windows shut.: 他們用銀色的膠帶將所有的門窗都封起來了。

5. The tape had run to the end but recorded nothing.: 磁帶已經(jīng)轉(zhuǎn)到頭了，但是什么也沒錄上。