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单词 tape measures
释义

tape /tāp/

noun
  1. Material woven in long narrow bands
  2. A strip of such material, used for tying up, connecting, sticking, etc
  3. A strip of material stretched across the track at the winning-line of a race
  4. A ribbon of paper printed by a recording instrument, as in telegraphy
  5. A flexible band that guides the sheets (printing)
  6. A tape measure
  7. Magnetic tape
  8. A tape recording or cassette
  9. Alcoholic drink (slang)
transitive verb
  1. To provide, fasten, bind or measure with a tape
  2. To tape-record
  3. To get the range or measure of
  4. To deal out, or use, sparingly (Scot)
intransitive verb

To tape-record

ORIGIN: OE tæppe tape, fillet

tapeˈable adjective

tapeˈless adjective

tapeˈlike adjective

tāˈpen adjective (rare)

Made of tape

tāˈper noun

A person who works with tapes

tāˈpist noun

A red-tapist

tape deck noun

  1. A machine for recording sound on tape and playing tape-recorded sound through a separate amplifier as part of a hi-fi system
  2. A tape drive

tape drive, tape deck or tape transport noun (computing)

A mechanism within a computer or peripheral device which moves magnetic tape across the recording and playback heads

tape echo see tape slap below.

tape grass noun

Any plant of the genus Vallisneria

tapeˈline or tape measure noun

A flexible measuring strip of tape, steel or other material

tape loop noun

A length of magnetic tape or film with the ends joined together to form an endless strip, allowing a recording to be continuously repeated

tapeˈ-lure transitive verb

tape luring noun

The luring and subsequent capture of a seabird by playing tape recordings of its call from beaches and cliffs

tape machine noun

  1. A telegraphic instrument by which messages received are automatically printed on a tape
  2. A tape recorder

tape punch noun (computing)

A device once used for encoding data by punching holes in paper tape

tape reader noun

A device that senses data recorded on paper or magnetic tape and converts it into a form suitable for computer processing

tapeˈ-record transitive verb

To record (sound) using a tape recorder

tape recorder noun

An instrument for recording sound on magnetic tape and subsequently reproducing it

tapeˈ-recording noun

  1. The act or process of recording sound on magnetic tape
  2. (tape recording) a magnetic tape on which sound has been recorded
  3. The sound so recorded

tapeˈscript noun

A tape-recorded reading of a complete text

tape slap or tape echo noun

  1. The delaying of the repeat of a sound by adjusting the time lapse between the recording and playback heads on a tape recorder
  2. Videotape instability caused as the tape makes and breaks contact with the heads on the drum (image technol)

tape streamer noun (computing)

A device using magnetic tape to back up data

tapeˈ-tied adjective

  1. Tied up with tape
  2. Bound with, or by, red tape (see under red1)

tape transport see tape drive above.

tapeˈworm noun

A ribbon-shaped segmented parasitic worm, any cestode, but esp of Taenia or related genus

breast the tape

In winning a foot-race, to pass through or break with one's chest the tape stretched across the track at the winning-line

have something or someone taped

To have a thorough understanding of something or someone

magnetic tape see under magnet

red tape see under red1
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