"dead air" 怎么发音

expression

US

ˈdɛd/ /ˈɛɹ

DED AIR

UK

dˈɛd/ /ˈeə

DED AIR

释义

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.

IPA 音标

美式英语

ˈdɛd/ /ˈɛɹ

英式英语

dˈɛd/ /ˈeə

简化发音

美式

DED AIR

英式

DED AIR

语境中听

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.