airtime

airtime — noun

1. the minutes or hours during which a person, song, advertisement, or topic is sho

1.名詞C1
釋義

the minutes or hours during which a person, song, advertisement, or topic is shown or heard on radio or TV.

例句

The new pop star got more airtime on local radio than any other singer this month.

get + airtime + on [station/medium]

Channel 7 gave the climate scientist twenty minutes of airtime during the morning news.

give someone airtime

同義詞
  • broadcast time

    more general; describes any time a station is broadcasting, not just the slot given to a person or topic

  • coverage

    wider — refers to how much attention a topic receives across many media, not just minutes on one channel

  • screen time

    specific to TV or film; not used for radio

文法句型

airtime on radio/television

give/get airtime to someone

用法筆記

Uncountable: do not say 'an airtime' or 'airtimes'. Common verbs are give, get, receive, buy, and waste. Often followed by 'on' + the medium or station.

常見錯誤

❌The singer got many airtimes this week.
✅The singer got a lot of airtime this week.
💡airtime is uncountable, so no plural form.
❌They bought airtime in CNN.
✅They bought airtime on CNN.
💡use 'on' before the channel or station name.