tape

ruban adhésif

Bande fine dont la surface colle, utilisée pour maintenir des choses ensemble ou couvrir quelque chose.

En anglais simple : A thin strip with a sticky surface, used to hold things together or cover something.

• Use tape to close the box.
• She fixed the torn page with tape.
• Have you got any tape for this parcel?

Synonymes : adhesive tape, sticky tape

Expressions courantes : sticky tape, adhesive tape, roll of tape

enregistrement

Enregistrement de sons ou d'images animées, quel que soit le matériel utilisé.

En anglais simple : A recording of sounds or moving pictures, whatever equipment was used to make it.

• We watched the tape together.
• The tapes contain interviews with local people.
• Have you heard the tape of their conversation?

Comment l'utiliser : tape of something (Police listened to a tape of the interview.)

Synonymes : recording

Expressions courantes : video tape, audio tape, tape of something

ruban

Longue bande fine et plate de papier, de tissu ou de plastique, généralement enroulée.

En anglais simple : A long, thin, flat strip of paper, cloth, or plastic, usually kept in a roll.

• Red tape marked the race’s finish line.
• She cut a length of cloth tape.
• They stretched bright plastic tape around the work area.

Synonymes : strip, ribbon

Expressions courantes : paper tape, plastic tape, measuring tape

coller avec du ruban adhésif

Coller quelque chose ou le maintenir en place avec du ruban adhésif.

En anglais simple : To stick or hold something in place with a strip of sticky material.

• Please tape the box shut.
• I taped the torn pages together.
• Can you tape this cable to the floor?

Comment l'utiliser : tape something to something (She taped the note to the door.)

Synonymes : stick, fasten

Expressions courantes : tape something shut, tape something together, tape something down

enregistrer

Conserver des sons ou des images animées pour pouvoir les écouter ou les regarder plus tard.

En anglais simple : To record sounds or moving pictures so you can listen to or watch them later.

• Can you tape the show for me?
• She taped the interview yesterday.
• They are taping tonight’s concert for television.

Synonymes : record

Expressions courantes : tape a show, tape an interview, tape a conversation

comprendre, maîtriser

Comprendre suffisamment bien quelque chose pour savoir comment s'en occuper.

En anglais simple : To understand something well enough to know how to deal with it.

• I have this game taped.
• She soon got the new system taped.
• Once we had the problem taped, the work went smoothly.

Synonymes : figure out, understand

Expressions courantes : have something taped, get something taped