compact cassette

基本解释

New products do not have to be “out-of-the-blue” new (like the video-cassette recorder or the compact disc).
所谓新产品并不一定非要是那种"前无古人"的产品(比如盒式磁带录像机, 或CD光盘).
JVC showed a two-hour tape that was so compact, Popular Science called it “smaller, in fact, than some audio cassette decks.”
当时JVC公司曾展示了一盘在当时看来体积很小的，播放时间长达2小时的录像带，以至于《大众科学》杂志称赞这款产品称：“这种录像卡带的尺寸非常小，简直要比某些录音卡带的体积还小！”
Peristaltic pumps. Compact design, self priming and safe to run dry. Insensitive against pollution. Quick change of cassette (SR10) or tubing (SR25).
螺杆泵的设计紧密，自动填注，干涸情况下运行安全。对污染情况不敏感，需要及时更换设备箱（SR10）和管路（SR25）。
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The long-play vinyl records gave way to cassette tapes and then compact discs.
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