1680s, "ear trumpet for the hard-of-hearing," coined from Greek mikros "small" (see mica) + phone "sound," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak, tell, say" (see fame (n.)). Modern meaning dates from 1929, from use in radio broadcasting and movie recording. Earlier, "amplifying telephone transmitter" (1878). Of the two spellings of the short form of the word, mike (1927) is older than mic (1961).
雙語例句
1. He wore a hidden microphone to secretly tape-record conversations.
他身上藏了一個傳聲器，打算偷偷錄下談話內(nèi)容。
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2. All you need is a microphone, and you're in business.
再來一只麥克風，你就萬事俱備了。
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3. My hand shook so much that I could hardly hold the microphone.
我的手抖得如此厲害，幾乎都拿不住麥克風了。
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4. They started handing the microphone out round the girls at the front.
他們開始把麥克風傳給前面的女孩們。
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5. He found it hard to work with a microphone pointing at him.