tape
n
1 [C, U] (piece of a) narrow strip of material used for tying, fastening or labelling things (用以捆、 系物品或作標(biāo)記的)帶子, 線帶
three yards of linen tape 三碼亞麻帶
a parcel tied up with tape 用帶子捆著的包裹
The seat covers are held in place by tapes. 椅套用帶子系在椅子上.
2 [C] piece of this stretched across a race-track at the finishing-line (拉在跑道終點(diǎn)的)終點(diǎn)線
He breasted/broke the tape (ie finished the race) half a second ahead of his rival. 他比對(duì)手早半秒鐘撞線(到達(dá)終點(diǎn)).
3 [U] strip of paper orother flexible material coated with adhesive for fasteningpackages, etc (粘貼包裹等的)膠帶, 膠條: sticky tape 膠黏帶
insulating tape 絕緣膠帶.
4 [U] narrow continuousstrip of paper on which a teleprinter prints a message (電傳打印機(jī)的)收?qǐng)?bào)紙帶.
5 [C, U] (reel of) magnetic tape; recording made on this 磁帶; 錄像(帶); 錄音(帶)
The police seized various books and tapes. 警方查獲了各種書和磁帶.
make a tape of sb's conversation 錄下某人的談話
listening to a tape of the Beatles 聽披頭士樂(lè)隊(duì)的錄音帶
I've got all the Beethoven symphonies on tape. 我有貝多芬交響樂(lè)全部的錄音帶.
6 [C] = tape-measure. tape, v
1 [Tn, Tn.p] ~ sth (up) tie or fasten sth with tape 用帶子捆或系某物.
2 [Tn] record (sb/sth) on magnetic tape 將(某人[某事物])錄在錄像帶上; 給(某人[某事物])錄音
taped a concert off/from the radio 錄下音樂(lè)會(huì)的無(wú)線電廣播.
3 (idm 習(xí)語(yǔ)) have (got) sb/sth taped (infml 口 esp Brit) understand sb/sth fully; be able to manage, influence or control sb/sth 全面了解某人[某事物]; 能管理、 影響或控制某人[某事物]
It took me a while to learn the rules of the game but I think I've got them taped now. 我用了些時(shí)間學(xué)習(xí)游戲規(guī)則, 大概現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)掌握了.