microphone• Beldock takes her place behind a microphone during morning assembly and surveys 1,200 faces whose heritagespans six continents.• He was handed a microphone, but with an irony that summarised Labour's plight, it failed to work.• The user makes a local call to dial into the Internet, then talks into a microphone.• We shout our hatred of them at public forums and into radio and televisionmicrophones.• He sights a bird and aims the microphone in its direction.• In this case another usher or bridesmaid could take over the duty of checking the microphone.• She can allow speakers to overrun by 20 seconds before cutting off their microphone.• The idea of using two microphonesappeals to me because it could stimulate two ears.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + MICROPHONE | MICROPHONE + VERB | MICROPHONE + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤boom, cordless, headset, radio, underwater, wireless懸吊式/無繩/耳機/無線電/水下/無線麥克風➤condenser電容式麥克風➤external外接麥克風◇There's a place to plug in an external microphone.有個插入外接麥克風的地方。➤built-in內置式麥克風➤directional, omnidirectional定向/全向傳聲器➤concealed, hidden隱藏的麥克風;竊聽器➤live, open接通的/開着的麥克風◇Unfortunately we were near an open microphone and all his colleagues heard what we said.不幸的是,我們緊靠着一隻開着的麥克風,他所有的同事都聽到了我們所說的一切。VERB + MICROPHONE➤speak into, use通過話筒講話;使用麥克風▸➤check, test檢查/測試麥克風➤wear戴着麥克風◇He was wearing a hidden microphone.他身上有竊聽器。MICROPHONE + VERB➤pick sth up, record sth麥克風採集到⋯/錄下⋯◇The microphone picks up the surrounding sounds.話筒採集到周圍的聲音。➤amplify sth麥克風放大⋯MICROPHONE + NOUN➤input, jack麥克風輸入口/插孔➤stand麥克風架➤headset麥克風耳機PREPOSITION➤behind a/the microphone在麥克風後◇Alex Jones is back behind the microphone for a new series.亞歷克斯・瓊斯又回到麥克風後為一個新的系列節目錄音。➤in front of a/the microphone在麥克風前◇Interviewees are placed in front of the microphone and grilled.參加面試的人被安排在麥克風前接受提問。