We received a call for help over the ship’s radio.
我们通过船上的无线电收到一个求救呼叫。
b)[uncountableU]TCB when messages are sent or received in this way 无线电通信
by radio
We should be able to reach them by radio.
我们应该能够通过无线电联系到他们。
We’ve lost radio contact with the plane.
我们和这架飞机失去了无线电联络。
nCOLLOCATIONS
verbs
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.
adjectives
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.
nGrammar
You listen to the radio:
I often listen to the radio in my car.
✗Don’t say: listen to radio
You say that someone or something is on the radio:
My mother heard the news on the radio.
✗Don’t say: on radio
Examples from the Corpus
radio• Do you have a radio in your car?• However, there are some occasions when sending a photograph to a radiostation is not such a bad idea.• a radiopersonality• We had to fight to make our way through as rifles, packs and radioaerialssnagged on bushes and branches.• The ginpalaces are out, polishedbrass, blaringradios and peakedhats, and they don't care.• Maxwell, host of a weekendgospelhour on a Compton radio station, was jubilant.• Madden has a dailyradio show on KSFO.• The story was written specially for radio.• We've lost radiocontact.• The 15-minuteradioprogram is wonderfully old-fashioned.• I'm going to buy a new radio for the car.• We encourage more use of radio in the public interest.• Rush Limbaugh is one of the biggest names in talk radio.• Here you simply ensure that the mechanicallinkage will give more than sufficient control and then adjust the radiotransmitter in suit.• I've often heard that song on the radio, but I can't think what it's called.• In the evening I usually watchTV or listen to the radio.• They also found a piece of paper with the radiofrequencies used by police locally and nationally, said Mr Cornwall.• Unlikeradio, the anchor / readers do not have to be in eye contact with the control room.• Can you turn your radio down a little bit?
turn/switch the radio on/off• I'd put a tape on and turn the radio off.• Erch switched the radio off and resumed his washing and polishing.• He switched the radio on and they drifted through the night together, flying over the miles to London.• He switched the radio on, just for the company of voices.• I couldn't, even with my mistress, be seen reading their newspapers or turn the radio on.• When taking part in a PHONE-IN programme, turn the radio off.• Tom turned the radio on to a station that played dance music.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + RADIO | RADIO + VERB | RADIO + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤car汽車無線電接收裝置◇He was singing along with the car radio.他在跟着車載無線電唱歌。➤CB, hand-held, portable, transistor, two-way民用波段無線電;手持對講機;手提式收音機;晶體管收音機;收發兩用無線電➤clock鐘控收音機◇According to my clock radio it was 3.30 in the morning.我那鐘控收音機顯示時間為凌晨 3 點半。➤FM, long-wave, short-wave調頻/長波/短波收音機➤digital, Internet, satellite, terrestrial (especially NAmE) 數字無線電;互聯網廣播;衞星廣播;地面無線電▸➤army, police軍隊/警方無線電通訊▸➤community, local, national, state社區無線電廣播;地方無線電廣播;國家無線電廣播➤commercial, public (especially NAmE) 商業/公共無線電廣播➤pirate非法廣播➤drive-time, talk上下班高峰時間廣播;電台訪談節目VERB + RADIO➤listen to, tune in to收聽無線電廣播/收音機▸➤tune調撥收音機◇His radio is permanently tuned to Radio 1.他的收音機永遠調撥在無線電 1 台上。➤switch on, turn on打開收音機➤switch off, turn off關掉收音機▸➤turn down, turn up把收音機聲音調小/調大RADIO + VERB➤announce sth, report sth收音機播報⋯/報道⋯◇The radio announced that the president had been assassinated.收音機裏報道總統遇刺。➤play (sth)收音機播放(⋯)▸➤blare, blare out, blast, blast out收音機高聲播放◇He drove along with his windows open and the radio blaring.他驅車駛過,開着的車窗傳出收音機的聲音。➤crackle收音機劈啪作響RADIO + NOUN➤alarm無線電報警器▸➤receiver, set無線電接收機;無線電台➤dial收音機的電台旋鈕▸➤signal, waves無線電信號;無線電波➤communication, contact, message無線電通信;無線電聯絡;無線電報▸➤operator無線電接線員▸➤system無線電系統▸➤antenna, transmitter無線電天線/發射機▸➤silence無線電靜默◇The troops maintained a strict radio silence while they moved into position.部隊進入陣地時保持嚴格的無線電靜默。➤static無線電靜電干擾◇A crackle of radio static came back through the earpiece.耳機裏又傳來收音機發出的靜電噪聲。➤broadcaster, network, station無線廣播公司;廣播網;無線電台◇the largest radio broadcaster in the US美國最大的無線廣播公司➤broadcast, programme/program, show, spot, transmission廣播節目;(廣播節目間)廣告的插播;電台廣播➤ad, advertisement, interview, news, report, talk show (especially NAmE) 電台廣告;電台採訪;廣播中的新聞節目;電台談話節目➤announcer, DJ, host, personality, reporter電台播音員/音樂節目主持人/主持人/名人/記者➤listener廣播聽眾➤airplay(唱片在)電台的播放◇The song is currently getting heavy radio airplay.這首歌目前在電台的播放率很高。➤frequency射頻▸➤amateur, ham業餘無線電愛好者◇The distress call was picked up by a young radio ham.求救信號是一名年輕的業餘無線電愛好者接收到的。➤chatter廣播聊天◇It was fascinating to listen to the radio chatter from the ships.在輪船上聽廣播裏有人聊天很有趣。➤drama, play廣播劇➤astronomy, telescope射電天文學/望遠鏡PREPOSITION➤by radio通過無線電◇The message was sent by radio.消息是通過無線電發送的。➤on the radio在廣播中◇We were listening to a show on the radio.我們正在收聽廣播節目。