| 单词 |
rewind |
| 释义 |
ˈrewind, n.
[f. the vb.]
1. A mechanism for winding film, tape, or the like backwards.
1938G. H. Sewell Amateur Film-Making v. 52 A re⁓wind..consists essentially of two uprights each bearing a spindle, and one or both of them having a geared drive so that a spool of film placed on one can be wound off on to the other. 1958Newnes' Compl. Amat. Photogr. 71 If possible, the rewind should be tested with an old film. 1973C. Bonington Next Horizon xiii. 196, I got half a dozen pictures of him as I manipulated the rewind and trigger with frozen fingers.
2. The action or process of winding paper, recording tape, etc., backwards.
1964Gloss. Letterpress Rotary Printing Terms (B.S.I.) 6 Rewind, the procedure for taking several butt ends of paper and winding them into a reel for use in the press. 1965Wireless World July 34/1 (Advt.), Tape lifted during rewind from all heads or in contact with play-back head only if required. 1970O. Dopping Computers & Data Processing xv. 236 In using long magnetic tape files comprising many reels of tape, the time for rewind and exchange of reels can become appreciable.
3. attrib.
1931J. H. Reyner Cine-Photogr. for Amateurs x. 122 The film is then placed on the re-wind apparatus. 1964Gloss. Letterpress Rotary Printing Terms (B.S.I.) 6 Rewind join, the adhesion between the butt ends of two webs which are wound into a reel in the printing works. 1972Rewind starter [see recoil starter s.v. recoil n. 5 c]. 1972F. Durbridge Bat out of Hell v. 182 He operated the rewind switch, took the tape back to zero. 1974News & Courier (Charleston, S. Carolina) 19 Apr. (Wickes Lumber Advt. Suppl.) 8 Efficient and safe with a 3.5 h.p. Briggs & Stratton rewind-start engine. 1978SLR Camera Nov. 69/1 The film speed setting is adjusted by the rotation of a collar surrounding the rewind knob. |
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