那條帶子，和帶子上的東西
這一支就是核心畫面本身，同時包含容器（帶子、卡匣）和內容（錄下來的那段影像）。
noun · B1
A long, flat magnetic tape, usually held inside a plastic box, that moving pictures and sound can be recorded on and played back later; also the recording that is on it.
錄影帶
核心畫面
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.
可以想成一條捲在塑膠盒裡的長帶子，上面記著會動的畫面和聲音。這個字的每個用法都從那個東西長出來：手上拿得到的帶子、帶…更多收起
可以想成一條捲在塑膠盒裡的長帶子，上面記著會動的畫面和聲音。這個字的每個用法都從那個東西長出來：手上拿得到的帶子、帶子裡錄著的內容，還有「把東西錄上去」這個動作。推進機器、按下播放，多年前的一個下午就又跑一次。今天這樣東西幾乎退場了，字也跟著帶一點舊味道，但在舊資料和家裡的箱子裡都還遇得到。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.)
Two branches
把畫面錄上去
名詞是那個東西，動詞是「讓東西進到那個東西裡」的動作。英文常直接把名詞拿來當動詞用，這裡就是一例。
verb · B2
To record something — a TV programme, a film, a game, a ceremony, a meeting — as moving pictures that can be watched again. It first meant recording onto videotape, and many people still use it for recording video in general, even when no tape is involved.
（用影像）錄下
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，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.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。