tape
/teɪ̯p/ sustantivo A2En español: cinta
- Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape. · Hand me some tape. I need to fix a tear in this paper.· I sealed up the box with clear shipping tape.
- Thin and flat paper, plastic or similar flexible material, usually produced in the form of a roll. · We made some decorative flowers out of the tape we bought.
- Finishing tape, stretched across a track to mark the end of a race. · Jones broke the tape in 47.77 seconds, a new world record.
- Magnetic or optical recording media in a roll; videotape or audio tape. · Did you get that on tape?
- Any video or audio recording, regardless of the method used to produce it.
- An unthinking, patterned response triggered by a particular stimulus. · Old couples will sometimes play tapes at each other during a fight.
- The series of prices at which a financial instrument trades. · Don’t fight the tape.
- The wrapping of the primary puck-handling surface of a hockey stick. · His pass was right on the tape.
Plural tapes
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
De la biblioteca
There is so much red tape in these matters.
As he spoke, he whipped a tape measure and a large round magnifying glass from his pocket.
For twenty minutes or more he continued his researches, measuring with the most exact care the distance between marks which were entirely invisible to me, and occasionally applying his tape to the walls in an equally incomprehensible manner.
This done, he appeared to be satisfied, for he replaced his tape and his glass in his pocket.
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