dead air [机] 静气
- Just as I started to breathe easier, a high-pitched mechanical scream tore through the dead air.
正当我要松口气的时候,一个高强度的金属尖利声撕破了沉静的空气。 - Serpent blood spurted through the air, and in a minute, the huge python was dead.
蛇血在空中喷射出来,很快,大蟒蛇就死了。 - The manager died in the air crash; word spreads that Mr Spencer is to fill dead men's shoes.
经理在飞机失事中遇难,有消息说斯潘塞先生将接替他的职位。
dead air[ noun ]
an inadvertent interruption in a broadcast during which there is no sound
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