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ra·di·o1 /ˈreɪdiəʊ $ -dioʊ/ ●●● S1 W2 noun  1  a) [countable]TCB a piece of electronic equipment which you use to listen to programmes that are broadcast, such as music and news 收音机turn/switch the radio on/off I sat down and turned on the radio. 我坐下来打开收音机。 b) [uncountable]AMT programmes that are broadcast on the radio （无线电）广播节目 I don’t really listen to the radio very much. 我不怎么听广播。on the radio Did you hear the interview with the prime minister on the radio this morning? 你今天早上有没有听广播里对首相的访谈？radio programme/show He’s got his own radio show now. 他现在有自己的广播节目了。local/national radio She works for a local radio station. 她在当地一家电台工作。 →4  See picture of 见图 radio2  a) [countable]TCB a piece of electronic equipment, for example on a plane or ship, which can send and receive spoken messages 无线电收发设备over the radio 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) [uncountable]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。n COLLOCATIONSverbslisten to the radioShe was sitting up in bed, listening to the radio.hear something on the radioI heard on the radio that the weather was going to get warmer.turn/switch the radio onDad switched on the radio for the eight-thirty news.turn/switch the radio offYou 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.adjectiveslocal radioJobs may be advertised in local newspapers or on local radio.national radioHe 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 + NOUNa radio programme/showIt's my favourite radio programme.a radio station (=an organization that broadcasts radio programmes)There are currently nearly 50 commercial radio stations.a radio broadcastAll radio broadcasts continue to be closely monitored by the government.n Grammar• 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

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radio• Do you have a radio in your car?• However, there are some occasions when sending a photograph to a radio station is not such a bad idea.• a radio personality• We had to fight to make our way through as rifles, packs and radio aerials snagged on bushes and branches.• The gin palaces are out, polished brass, blaring radios and peaked hats, and they don't care.• Maxwell, host of a weekend gospel hour on a Compton radio station, was jubilant.• Madden has a daily radio show on KSFO.• The story was written specially for radio.• We've lost radio contact.• The 15-minute radio program 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 mechanical linkage will give more than sufficient control and then adjust the radio transmitter 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 watch TV or listen to the radio.• They also found a piece of paper with the radio frequencies used by police locally and nationally, said Mr Cornwall.• Unlike radio, 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.over the radio• Sometimes you can give useful medical advice over the radio.• Much important political or national news is likely to be announced over the radio.• Back at Cu Chi, Colonel Otis was monitoring the battle over the radio.• I had the brigade commander over-head offering me encouragement over the radio.• Then, when he was completely satisfied, he spoke to Hal over the radio circuit.• I heard it over the radio a few minutes ago and I cried.• We rendezvous every morning near Blackfriars Bridge and get the first jobs over the radio.• And while they were up there in the wide, blue yonder, they jabbered non-stop to each other over the radio.

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radio2 verb [intransitive, transitive]  TCBto send a message using a radio 用无线电发送（信息）radio for The ship radioed for help. 这条船用无线电发出求救信号。radio somebody for something We radioed London for permission to land. 我们通过无线电请求伦敦准予降落。→ See Verb table

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radio• But on this night, the Cali controller radioed different instructions to Flight 965.• She radioed down to her senior keeper who called the vet.• When he couldn't manage that either, he radioed for assistance.• They radioed for help and were rescued by the Isle of Man lifeboat.• Two officers radioed his warning to control.• I urgently radioed the information back to headquarters.radio- /reɪdiəʊ $ -dioʊ/ prefix technical using radio waves 使用无线电波的 radiopaging (=calling people by radio) 无线电传呼

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radio-• a radiogram• a radiometer• radioactive elements• radiographyOrigin radio- French Latin radius; → RADIUS radio1 (1900-2000) radiotelegraphy ((19-21 centuries)), from radio- + telegraphy

ra·di·o1 noun →n GRAMMAR1 →n COLLOCATIONS1radio2 verbradio- prefixLDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable  

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ra‧di‧o¹ S1 W2 /ˈreɪdiəʊ $ -dioʊ/ noun1.
  a. [countable] a piece of electronic equipment which you use to listen to programmes that are broadcast, such as music and news
    turn/switch the radio on/off
    I sat down and turned on the radio.
  b. [uncountable] programmes that are broadcast on the radio:
    I don’t really listen to the radio very much.
    on the radio
    Did you hear the interview with the Prime Minister on the radio this morning?
    radio programme/show
    He’s got his own radio show now.
    local/national radio
    She works for a local radio station.
2.
  a. [countable] a piece of electronic equipment, for example on a plane or ship, which can send and receive spoken messages
    over the radio
    We received a call for help over the ship’s radio.
  b. [uncountable] when messages are sent or received in this way
    by radio
    We should be able to reach them by radio.
    We’ve lost radio contact with the plane.
     

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■ 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.

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radio² verb [intransitive and transitive]
to send a message using a radio
    radio for
    The ship radioed for help.
    radio somebody for something
    We radioed London for permission to land.