主持过几次晚会，时常遇到VCR这个名词儿，我们都知道，这是指一个电影片段，但是总想知道它的全称是什么，查了才知道中国人民的创造性。

以下摘自wiki：

Video Cassette Recording (VCR) was an early domestic analog recording format designed by Philips. It was the first successful consumer-level home videocassette recorder (VCR) system. Later variants included the VCR-LP and Super Video (SVR) formats.

The VCR format was introduced in 1972, just after the Sony U-matic format in 1971. Although at first glance the two might appear to have been competing formats, they were aimed at very different markets. U-matic was introduced as a professional television production format, whilst VCR was targeted particularly at educational but also domestic users. Unlike some other early formats such as Cartrivision, the VCR format does record a high-quality video signal without resorting to Skip field.

VCR-盒式磁带录像机VCR是Video Cassette Recorder的缩写 盒式磁带录像机。就功能上而言，它是使用空白录像带并加载录像机进行影像的录制及存储的监控系统设备。

中式英语 VCR
　　含义：录像片段，视频片段。将录像机称为录像片段，这是典型的不伦不类的中式英语。对于讲英文的人来说，VCR 只代表录像机。录像片段的正确英文是： Video clip，而且也不会用缩写: VC。

看来以后还是说video clip吧。