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单词 dead air
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Definition of dead air in English:

dead air

noun
mass noun
  • A period during which the signal of a television or radio broadcast is unintentionally interrupted, so that no material is transmitted.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • These programs can be unpolished and quirky, with plenty of dead air and ‘ums,’ but that's their charm.
    • The first by director Robert Altman, production designer Stephen Altman, and producer David Levy is interesting but contains a great deal of dead air.
    • Extras include an audio commentary from director Jonathan Nossiter, which starts out fine, but Nossiter quickly runs out of things to say, leaving a lot of dead air in the last half of the track.
    • To avoid panicking its audience by having any dead air at all, between songs in individual sets it'll cut away to interviews with other bands.
    • D' Onofrio and Zellweger deliver their dialogue in a manner that is too choppy, too halting, with just a beat too much dead air between each line.
    • But Kylie was already gone, leaving only dead air at the end of the line.
    • But as I filed away the vinyl and put the covers on the decks, I noted one slight hitch to proceedings: I hadn't lifted the microphone volume and had entertained the troops with an hour of dead air.
    • This is important so that we can ward off problems that might cause the box to crash - no broadcaster likes dead air.
    • Since we get about ten of these throughout the film, that means there are almost 50 seconds of blank, dead air on the disc.
    • I wonder just how much of the constant stream of inane chat that drives me nuts on TV, or on the radio, is down to the need to avoid dead air?
    • Despite their legendarily long sets, there's usually never more than a few seconds of dead air between songs, time enough for Dallas to thank the appreciative audience.
    • A lot of dead air, in between three liberal radio hosts congratulating each other on how clever they are.
    • The signal cut off, leaving only dead air as Murphy continued to call out to Carly.
    • As a result, even though everything's been primed and prepared and her only task is to read off of the teleprompter, she realized we had about 45 seconds of dead air.
    • You can tell when a commercial break was mandated, as the screen fades to black (even as action continues) and pulls up from dead air to reintroduce the drama, post advertisement slot.
    • We had to build it that way because in the broadcast world, dead air is a sin.
    • Radio producers consider dead air time even more of a sin than their television counterparts do.
    • Behind the scenes, the show's producer hisses, ‘this is dead air!’
    • McDermott and Margulies leave a lot of dead air in their commentaries, but the featurettes are enlightening.
    • Move the slider on your media player forward to avoid the 7 or so minutes of dead air.
 
 

Definition of dead air in US English:

dead air

noun
  • An unintended interruption of the video or audio signal during a television or radio broadcast.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • We had to build it that way because in the broadcast world, dead air is a sin.
    • Move the slider on your media player forward to avoid the 7 or so minutes of dead air.
    • A lot of dead air, in between three liberal radio hosts congratulating each other on how clever they are.
    • I wonder just how much of the constant stream of inane chat that drives me nuts on TV, or on the radio, is down to the need to avoid dead air?
    • But as I filed away the vinyl and put the covers on the decks, I noted one slight hitch to proceedings: I hadn't lifted the microphone volume and had entertained the troops with an hour of dead air.
    • But Kylie was already gone, leaving only dead air at the end of the line.
    • To avoid panicking its audience by having any dead air at all, between songs in individual sets it'll cut away to interviews with other bands.
    • D' Onofrio and Zellweger deliver their dialogue in a manner that is too choppy, too halting, with just a beat too much dead air between each line.
    • As a result, even though everything's been primed and prepared and her only task is to read off of the teleprompter, she realized we had about 45 seconds of dead air.
    • Radio producers consider dead air time even more of a sin than their television counterparts do.
    • These programs can be unpolished and quirky, with plenty of dead air and ‘ums,’ but that's their charm.
    • This is important so that we can ward off problems that might cause the box to crash - no broadcaster likes dead air.
    • The first by director Robert Altman, production designer Stephen Altman, and producer David Levy is interesting but contains a great deal of dead air.
    • Despite their legendarily long sets, there's usually never more than a few seconds of dead air between songs, time enough for Dallas to thank the appreciative audience.
    • The signal cut off, leaving only dead air as Murphy continued to call out to Carly.
    • McDermott and Margulies leave a lot of dead air in their commentaries, but the featurettes are enlightening.
    • Since we get about ten of these throughout the film, that means there are almost 50 seconds of blank, dead air on the disc.
    • Extras include an audio commentary from director Jonathan Nossiter, which starts out fine, but Nossiter quickly runs out of things to say, leaving a lot of dead air in the last half of the track.
    • Behind the scenes, the show's producer hisses, ‘this is dead air!’
    • You can tell when a commercial break was mandated, as the screen fades to black (even as action continues) and pulls up from dead air to reintroduce the drama, post advertisement slot.
 
 
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