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.
雙語例句
1. A technician loads a video tape into one of the machines.
一名技師把一盒錄影帶裝進其中一臺機器。
來自柯林斯例句
2. It would be uneconomical to send a brand new tape.
寄一盤新磁帶過去不合算。
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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容。
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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。
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5. The tape had run to the end but recorded nothing.