playback
playback — 名詞
1. the action of running an audio or video recording so you can hear or watch what
回放；重播
重新播放錄好的影音
the action of running an audio or video recording so you can hear or watch what was captured earlier, often to check or review it.
During playback, Marcus noticed a strange humming noise behind the singer's voice.
回放的時候，Marcus 注意到歌手聲音後面有奇怪的嗡嗡聲。
preposition: during/on playback
The coach paused the playback to show Lina exactly where her foot landed.
教練暫停了回放，指給 Lina 看她的腳到底踩在哪裡。
collocation: pause/stop the playback
On playback, the witness clearly heard two doors slam, not one.
重播時，目擊者清楚聽到兩聲關門聲，而不是一聲。
The studio engineer adjusted the playback so the drums sounded sharper.
錄音室工程師調整了回放，讓鼓聲聽起來更俐落。
Reporters watched the playback of the press conference three times before writing.
記者把記者會的重播看了三次才動筆寫稿。
- recording
the act of capturing, the opposite stage of playback.
文法句型
watch/listen to + the playback
on playback
用法筆記
Often used with definite article ('the playback') when referring to a specific recording, or in the prepositional phrase 'on playback' to mean 'when listened to or watched again'. Subject of the surrounding sentence is usually a person reviewing the recording.
常見錯誤
playback — 動詞
1. to run a recording, especially one made just moments ago, so it can be heard or
回放；播放
把剛錄的影音再放出來
to run a recording, especially one made just moments ago, so it can be heard or seen again.
The sound engineer asked the assistant to play back the take so the band could hear the bass mistake.
音控師請助理回放這次的錄音，讓樂團聽出貝斯彈錯的地方。
two-word verb: play back + [recording]
Detective Ortiz played back the security tape frame by frame.
Ortiz 警探一格一格地回放監視器影片。
past tense: played back + tape/footage
The director told the editor to play back the scene three times before approving it.
導演叫剪接師把這場戲回放三次，才點頭通過。
Maya played back the voicemail and wrote down the caller's number.
Maya 回放了那則語音訊息，並寫下來電者的號碼。
- replay
much more common as a verb; safer choice in most writing.
- rewind and play
describes the same action with older tape media.
- record
the opposite stage — capturing rather than reviewing.
文法句型
play back + [recording/tape/disc]
play [recording] back
用法筆記
This one-word verb form is rare and largely confined to studio and engineering contexts. In everyday English the two-word phrasal verb 'play back' is far more common — most editors and style guides prefer it.