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tape recorder

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Recording
ˈtape reˌcorder noun [countable]  TCRa piece of electrical equipment that can record sound on tape and play it back 盒式磁带录音机
Examples from the Corpus
tape recorderI even had a tape recorder going, hidden behind the chair.After a few visits of this sort, he brought in a tape recorder.Mimicking speech sounds is not, of course, language, any more than a tape recorder is capable of generating language.They arrived for the performance only to find the tape recorder would not work.Mr Chen was delighted: he snapped pictures while the spools of the tape recorder turned slowly.
ˈtape reˌcorder nounChineseSyllable
piece electrical that a equipment Corpus sound can of record




tape recorder
ˈtape reˌcorder noun [countable]
a piece of electrical equipment that can record sound on tape and play it back


tape recorderBrE /ˈteɪp rɪkɔːdə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈteɪp rɪkɔːrdər/ 🔊 nouna machine that is used for recording and playing sounds on tape 录音机