dead air

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An unintended interruption in a broadcast during which nothing is transmitted: a silent period on radio or a silent period with no picture on television. idiomatic,uncountable
    — They fired the production engineer because too many moments of dead air were interrupting the broadcast.
  2. A quiet or awkward moment in a conversation where neither individual is speaking. broadly,idiomatic,uncountable
    — Today we're going to try sitting with silence a bit. Don't worry about any moments of dead air in the conversation.
  3. Air that is subject to little or no ventilation, thus, little to no air exchange. uncountable
    — Sealing up the house so perfectly, without planning for any active ventilation to replace the passive ventilation that you have eliminated, is not a good idea, because it encourages pockets of dead air. If you're going to seal it up so tight, then you need to plan for active ventilation through a filter, rather than no ventilation at all.
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