英:['teɪplaɪn]
美:['teɪpˌlaɪn]
英:['teɪplaɪn]
美:['teɪpˌlaɪn]
Noun
1. measuring instrument consisting of a narrow strip (cloth or metal) marked in inches or centimeters and used for measuring lengths;
"the carpenter should have used his tape measure"
tape >entry 1 + line
1 Either the two lads had measured or counted wrong in their advance with the tapeline or, as Phil concluded, the distance was only approximate.
2 What consolation radiated from her thimble, what encouragement even in the sight of her tapeline!
3 If at 60 inches, measured with a tapeline from your eye to the book, then your eye number is 60, which is remarkably good.
4 I'll borrow dad's big tapeline to measure off the other bases, and the grand stand can go here.
5 These facts Tom ascertained with the use of a small tapeline which he carried in his pocket.
6 At last he stopped, and took a tapeline from his pocket.
7 "Let's get father's tapeline and measure it," said Frank.
8 They are the Caribs of the North—strong, artful, self-sufficient, clannish, honorable within the laws of their race, holding in lenient contempt neighboring tribes who bow to the measure of Society's tapeline.