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.
例文
1. A technician loads a video tape into one of the machines.
ある技師はビデオを1台の機械に入れた。
2.It would be uneconomical to send a brand new tape .
新しいテープを送るのは過去には採算が合わなかった。
3.He wore a hidden microphone to secretly tape -record conversations.
彼はマイクロホンを身につけており、会話の内容をこっそり録音しようとしている。
4.Using silver tape ,they taped all the doors and windows shut.
彼らは銀色のテープですべてのドアや窓を閉じた。/
5.The tape had run to the end but recorded nothing.