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单词 dead air
释义

dead air

noun

: a period of silence especially during a broadcast

Example Sentences

After the commercial, there were a few seconds of dead air before the show continued.
Recent Examples on the Web The songs uploaded to client profiles were often nothing more than basic looping beats or, in at least one case, extended periods of dead air. Craig Silverman, ProPublica, 31 Aug. 2022 He's allowed only two home runs to date, but pitching more often in the dead air in San Francisco no doubt helped keep that number low. Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 24 July 2022 The guitars stop, the snare drum hits and there's dead air in the song. Steve Baltin, Forbes, 5 July 2022 The last thing family reunions want or need is dead air or awkward silence, so many are planned to the hilt. Richard Morgan, WSJ, 22 May 2021 And that’s what this cheap streaming plan is perfect for: filling dead air. Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2021 Trying to revisit events afterward, though, can require clicking through literally hours of static cameras and dead air. Jeva Lange, The Week, 8 Aug. 2021 Booth references popular movies, deflates tension with snarky jokes, and fills dead air with winking bloviation. David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2021 One key reason for all that dead air is agent skill gaps. Clara Shih, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1943, in the meaning defined above

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