cassette

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cas·sette /kəˈset/ noun [countable]  1. TCRa small flat plastic case containing magnetic tape, that can be used for playing or recording sound 卡式录音带，盒式磁带2. TCPa closed container with photographic film in it, that can be fitted into a camera 〔摄影胶卷的〕暗盒，胶卷盒

Examples from the Corpus

cassette• With a fully-charged battery in place, the blank cassette can be loaded for recording.• Osmone I is available as a small impregnated cassette which lasts for six months.• It is much better to buy a naked C64 and one of the superior independent cassette players such as Mills Associates' Load-It.• The best part of the magazine is the wide-ranging review pages of cassette compilations, demos, flexi discs and singles.• The organisation Relaxation for Living offers cassettes and classes, in some areas of the country.• Assemble edits are made much easier if the camera-originals are all shot on one cassette.• Finch ejected the cassette, peered at it, replaced it and tried again.• It was very much later that evening when she remembered the cassette.Origin cassette (1800-1900) cassette “box” ((18-19 centuries)), from French, from Old North French casse; → CASE1

cas·sette nounChineseSyllable  

tape, case flat containing plastic a magnetic Corpus that small

cassette
cas‧sette /kəˈset/ noun [countable]
1. a small flat plastic case containing magnetic tape, that can be used for playing or recording sound
2. a closed container with photographic film in it, that can be fitted into a camera

cas·setteBrE /kəˈset/ 🔊NAmE /kəˈset/ 🔊 nouna small flat plastic case containing tape for playing or recording music or sound 磁带盒；盒式磁带；卡式磁带◆a cassette recorder/player 盒式磁带录音机／放音机◆available on cassette 已录制成磁带◆a video cassette (= for recording sound and pictures) 盒式录像带a plastic case containing film that can be put into a camera 胶片盒；暗盒