tape

粘着テープ、テープ

物をつなぎ留めたり覆ったりする、表面に粘着力のある細い帯。

やさしい英語で： 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?

類義語： adhesive tape, sticky tape

よく使う表現： sticky tape, adhesive tape, roll of tape

録音、録画

使った機器に関係なく、音声や動画を記録したもの。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： tape of something (Police listened to a tape of the interview.)

類義語： recording

よく使う表現： video tape, audio tape, tape of something

テープ、帯

普通は巻いてある、紙や布、プラスチック製の薄く平たい帯。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： strip, ribbon

よく使う表現： paper tape, plastic tape, measuring tape

テープで留める

粘着テープで物を貼り付けたり、動かないように留めたりすること。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： tape something to something (She taped the note to the door.)

類義語： stick, fasten

よく使う表現： tape something shut, tape something together, tape something down

録音する、録画する

後で聞いたり見たりできるように、音声や動画を記録すること。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： record

よく使う表現： tape a show, tape an interview, tape a conversation

理解する、把握する

どう対処すればよいか分かるほど、物事をよく理解すること。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： figure out, understand

よく使う表現： have something taped, get something taped