| 释义 |
radiocast, n. and v. U.S.|ˈreɪdɪəʊkɑːst, -æ-|
[f. radio n. + -cast, after broadcast.]
A. n. A radio broadcast.
1931Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 10 Feb. 5/3 J. B. Priestley..is going to Tahiti, via New York, to write his next novel. He said in a radiocast he'd need a small island to recover from the fright he expects to receive on the gigantic island of Manhattan.
B. v. To broadcast by radio; so ˈradiocasting vbl. n.
1931Amer. Speech VI. 253 Where the writer wishes to leave no doubt that he means to radio-broadcast, he is taking now to to radiocast. 1940Christian Sci. Monitor 16 Mar. (Mag. section) 3/3 (caption) From this radiocasting structure, 400 feet high, music without static is being sent to listeners. 1947Partridge Usage & Abusage 260/1 Both ‘to radio’ and ‘to broadcast’ are infinitely preferable to either radiocast or radio-broadcast. |