mike

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A microphone. informal
    — 1970, Theodore Sturgeon and Edward H. Waldo, "The Pod in the Barrier", in A Touch of Strange, Ayer Publishing, →ISBN, page 28, "Then I say to the recording, for the record," I barked, right into the mike, […]
  2. Alternative letter-case form of Mike from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet. alt-of
  3. Clipping of microgram. abbreviation,alt-of,clipping,slang
    — The beginner's dose may be anywhere from 100 to 250 mikes — micrograms, or millionths of a gram. Most hardened heads need 600 to 800 mikes, and some as many as 1,400 mikes, before they experience any sensation of getting off.
  4. A minute. slang
    — We'll be there in one zero mikes [i.e. ten minutes].
动词 v.
  1. To microphone; to place one or more microphones (mikes) on.
    — 1994 September, Jim Gaines, transcribed in Alan di Perna, "Step Lively: Recalling the recording process of SRV’s IN STEP with album producer Jim Gaines", in Guitar World Magazine, reprinted in Guitar World Presents Stevie Ray Vaughan: Stevie Ray In His Own Words, Hal Leonard (1997), →ISBN, page 81, “And sometimes I’d just have to mike the room. You could run into some weird phasing problems with the individual mics because the speakers were all reacting differently.”
  2. To measure using a micrometer.
    — 1983, Tom S. Wilson, How to Rebuild Your Big-block Chevy, HPBooks, →ISBN, page 98, Measure Valve-Stem Diameter—To be positive about it you’ll have to mike the valve stem with a 1-in. micrometer as explained on pages 100 and 101.

词形变化

mikes plural mikes present,singular,third-person miking participle,present miked participle,past miked past mic alternative mikes plural mikes plural

词汇关系

词源

词源 1
Alteration of mic, clipping of microphone. Attested since 1927.
词源 2
From translingual Mike, representing the letter m, from English Mike.
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