radio

ra‧di‧o 1 S1 W2 / reɪdiəʊ $ -dioʊ / 名词

1

a) [可数名词] a piece of electronic equipment which you use to listen to programmes that are broadcast, such as music and news

turn/switch the radio on/off

I sat down and turned on the radio.

b) [不可数名词] programmes that are broadcast on the radio :

I don’t really listen to the radio very much.

on the radio

Did you hear the interview with the Prime Minister on the radio this morning?

radio programme/show

He’s got his own radio show now.

local/national radio

She works for a local radio station.

2

a) [可数名词] a piece of electronic equipment, for example on a plane or ship, which can send and receive spoken messages

over the radio

We received a call for help over the ship’s radio.

b) [不可数名词] when messages are sent or received in this way

by radio

We should be able to reach them by radio.

We’ve lost radio contact with the plane.

COLLOCATIONS

动词

listen to the radio She was sitting up in bed, listening to the radio.

hear something on the radio I heard on the radio that the weather was going to get warmer.

turn/switch the radio on Dad switched on the radio for the eight-thirty news.

turn/switch the radio off You can turn the radio off, darling, we’re not listening to it.

turn the radio down/up (= make it quieter or louder ) Can you turn your radio down a bit?

tune a radio to a station (= make it receive broadcasts from a particular station ) The radio was tuned to a country-music station.

形容词

local radio Jobs may be advertised in local newspapers or on local radio.

national radio He even went on national radio to defend himself and his players.

state radio (= controlled by the government of a country ) In a message read on state radio and television, the president called for calm.

radio + NOUN

a radio programme/show It’s my favourite radio programme.

a radio station (= an organization that broadcasts radio programmes ) There are currently nearly 50 commercial radio stations.

a radio broadcast All radio broadcasts continue to be closely monitored by the government.