audio
audio — adjective
- audiopositive
- more audiocomparative
- most audiosuperlative
1. describes equipment, electronic files, or systems that involve recorded or trans
describes equipment, electronic files, or systems that involve recorded or transmitted sound — for example, speakers, microphones, podcasts, or music files that people listen to.
Mizuki bought a new audio recorder for her online language classes.
collocation: audio recorder
The audio quality of this podcast is much better than the last one.
collocation: audio quality
Their home audio system has two small speakers and a basic amplifier.
Nia works for a company that creates audio editing software for films.
You can download audio files of each lesson from the course website.
- sound
much broader everyday term; audio specifically implies electronic recording or transmission
- acoustic
refers to natural sound or the properties of spaces, not electronic reproduction; an acoustic guitar is not amplified
- auditory
relates to the sense of hearing rather than to technology or recordings
- visual
relating to sight rather than sound
audio — noun
- audiosingular
- audiosplural
1. sound that has been captured and stored on an electronic device such as a smartp
sound that has been captured and stored on an electronic device such as a smartphone, computer, or voice recorder, so that people can play it back and listen to it.
The audio from the interview was saved as an MP3 file on the laptop.
passive: be saved as [file format]
Maeve had to edit the audio carefully before uploading it to the website.
collocation: edit the audio
Rachel lost all the recorded audio when her smartphone suddenly broke down.
The teacher shared the audio of the lecture with students who missed class.
Rodrigo listened to the audio several times to catch every detail.
- recording
broader term for any captured sound, image, or video; audio narrows the focus to sound alone
- soundtrack
specifically the audio portion of a film, video, or game
- clip
typically a short segment of recorded audio or video
用法筆記
Frequently used with verbs like record, save, edit, share, and listen to. This sense is uncountable, so you cannot say 'an audio' or 'audios' in formal English, though informal usage is common.
常見錯誤
2. the sound component of a television broadcast, film, video call, or other transm
the sound component of a television broadcast, film, video call, or other transmitted signal, which people hear separately from the images they see.
The video call audio kept cutting out, so Aylin could not hear her manager.
collocation: audio cuts out
The film's audio was out of sync with the picture by about half a second.
collocation: audio is out of sync with [video]
You can adjust the audio and video settings separately in the editing app.
Engineers spent two hours fixing the audio on the live television broadcast.
The audio on the security recording was too faint to identify anyone clearly.
- sound
the everyday term for anything you hear; audio is more technical and often implies electronic transmission
- soundtrack
refers to a specific recorded audio track, especially for a film or game
- video
the picture component of a broadcast or recording
用法筆記
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