audio
audio — adjective
1. used for equipment, files, or signals that carry sound you can hear, rather than
used for equipment, files, or signals that carry sound you can hear, rather than pictures or printed words
The teacher sent an audio file so sick students could hear the lesson.
audio file
We checked the audio settings before the school concert started.
audio settings
Only the audio signal survived when the storm cut the video link.
Nina bought audio guides for her parents at the museum desk.
文法句型
audio file
audio signal
audio settings
audio guide
用法筆記
Usually comes before nouns such as file, guide, cable, signal, or settings. Distinguish from the noun sense: an audio file uses the adjective, but play the audio uses the noun for the sound itself.
audio — noun
1. the sound in a recording, video, broadcast, or call, or a recording made only fo
the sound in a recording, video, broadcast, or call, or a recording made only for listening
The audio was clear, but the picture froze during the interview.
audio contrasted with picture
Please turn the audio down while the baby is asleep.
turn the audio down
After class, Leo uploaded the audio to the course website.
The podcast offers free audio for every story in the app.
On the call, Carla lost audio for nearly a minute.
- sound
broader and more everyday; it is not limited to technical or media contexts.
- soundtrack
more specific to the recorded sound, especially music, of a film, show, or game.
- recording
can mean the whole piece that was recorded, not only its sound layer.
- silence
the absence of sound.
文法句型
play the audio
turn the audio up/down
lose audio
upload audio
用法筆記
Usually uncountable when you mean the sound part in general, especially in calls, videos, and apps. Common with verbs like play, check, lose, upload, and turn up or down. Distinguish from soundtrack, which is more specific to film, games, or music releases.
常見錯誤
audio — prefix
1. added to a word to show that it has to do with hearing, spoken sound, or recorde
added to a word to show that it has to do with hearing, spoken sound, or recorded sound
My aunt listens to audiobooks on the train instead of reading paperbacks.
audio- + book -> audiobook
An audio-described version helped Omar follow the film at home.
audio-described for accessibility
Our class watched an audiovisual talk about whales in the Pacific.
Grandpa still keeps old audiotapes in a box under the bed.
- sound-
a plain-English equivalent in some compounds, though it is often less technical.
- visual-
points to sight rather than sound, as in visual effects.
文法句型
audio- + noun
audio- + adjective
audiobook
audiovisual
用法筆記
Most often appears inside fixed compounds rather than as a separate word. Distinguish from the adjective sense: audio equipment uses a separate adjective, but audiobook and audiovisual show this word-building prefix use.