tape deck

Thân thiện

A man carefully threads a cassette into the tape deck.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A playback and recording device for magnetic tape: A "tape deck" is a piece of electronic equipment designed to play and record audio using magnetic tape cartridges or reels. It is a core component of an audio system but typically lacks built-in amplifiers or speakers.

Usage

• A "tape deck" is used as a standalone component within a larger sound system.
• It functions to play pre-recorded tapes or to record audio from other sources onto blank tapes.

Examples

• Noun:
  • I found my old cassette tapes and connected the tape deck to my stereo to listen to them.
  • The recording studio used a high-quality reel-to-reel tape deck for the master recordings.

Advanced Usage

• "to cue up a tape on the deck": To prepare a tape for playback by winding it to the correct starting position on the tape deck.
  • Before the show, the DJ cued up the next song on the tape deck.

Variants and Related Words

• Cassette deck (n): A type of tape deck specifically designed to play compact cassette tapes.
  • The car was old but it still had a working cassette deck.
• Reel-to-reel deck (n): A type of tape deck that uses open reels of tape, often for higher fidelity recording.
• Tape recorder (n): A broader term for a device that records and plays sound on magnetic tape; a tape deck is a type of tape recorder configured as a system component.

Synonyms

• Magnetic tape player/recorder: A more technical description of the device's function.
• Deck: A common informal shortening (e.g., "Put it in the deck").

Related Idioms/Phrases

• To be decked out: This is an unrelated idiom meaning to be elaborately dressed or equipped. It does not relate to a but shares the word "deck."
  • The team was decked out in their new uniforms for the championship.

Học thuật

Noun

1. electronic equipment for making or playing magnetic tapes (but without amplifiers or speakers); a component in an audio system