Como Pronunciar "dead air"

expression

DED AIR

Definição

A period of silence during a radio or TV broadcast when nothing is being transmitted. In conversation, it means an awkward silence when nobody speaks.

Transcrição IPA

Inglês Americano

ˈdɛd/ /ˈɛɹ

Inglês Britânico

dˈɛd/ /ˈeə

Pronúncia Simplificada

EUA

DED AIR

Ouça em Contexto

There was dead air on the radio for two minutes.

The show had some dead air before the host spoke again.

She tried to avoid dead air by asking questions.

Nobody knew what to say, so there was a lot of dead air at the party.