airtime

airtime — 名詞

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

1.名詞C1
釋義

播出時間

電視或廣播節目播放某人或某主題的時段

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.

這位新晉流行歌手本月在地方電台的播出時間比其他任何歌手都還要多。

get + airtime + on [station/medium]

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

第七頻道在晨間新聞中給了這位氣候科學家二十分鐘的播出時間。

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.