A long ribbon of tape, wound inside a plastic box, that holds moving pictures and sound. Everything this word does comes off that one object: the tape you can hold, what is stored on it, and the act of putting something onto it. Push it in, press the button, and an afternoon from years ago plays again.
From the word’s history
From video + tape; Wiktionary records it as originally a trademark of the media company Ampex.
由 video（影像）加 tape（帶子）組成，維基詞典記載它原本是媒體公司 Ampex 的商標，後來變成通用詞。字面就是「錄影像的帶子」，正好對上核心畫面。
Wiktionary entry for videotape (packet etymology_text: From video + tape, a trademark of media company Ampex.)
登入就可以看每一支怎麼連回核心畫面。
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
videotapenoun
- 1
A relatively wide magnetic tape used for recording visual images and sounds (as of a television production) for subsequent playback or broadcasting.
- 2
Synonym of videocassette (“cassette containing videotape”).
videotapeverb
- 1
to make a recording of something on videotape
- 2
To visually record (activity, or a motion picture) in general, with or without sound.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。