| 单词 | sound bite |
| 释义 | sound bite (once / 26034 pages) n A sound bite is a small snippet of someone talking. Sound bites are played on the TV and radio. Just like a bite is a smaller piece of food, a sound bite is a tiny chunk of someone talking: usually an edited part of a longer speech or interview. Journalists are always looking for sound bites — which might be just a few seconds long — that can fit into news shows. Sometimes when a politician says something dumb, it becomes a sound bite that gets played over and over again. Something that's well-said could become a sound bite too. WORD FAMILYsound bite: sound bites USAGE EXAMPLESThe humanitarian crisis continues to unfold, yet talk about refugees gets boiled down to sound bites and fearmongering. Washington Times(Dec 24, 2016) But in this world of sound bites and click bait, it’s easier to alienate an audience than ever. Seattle Times(Dec 21, 2016) Sound bites from the presidential campaign dominated the 11th annual “Yale Book of Quotations” list from Fred Shapiro, an associate director of the library. Washington Times(Dec 13, 2016) n a very short speech; usually on radio or television Hyper line text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen |
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