microphone
noun [ C ] uk/ˈmaɪ.krə.fəʊn/ us/ˈmaɪ.krə.foʊn/ (informal mike, mic)
B2 扩音器，麦克风，话筒
a piece of equipment that you speak into to make your voice louder, or to record your voice or other sounds
The interviewer asked her to speak into/use the microphone. 采访者让她对着话筒讲话。
My laptop has a built-in microphone. 我的手提电脑有一个内置麦克风。
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- Can you show me where the microphone plugs into the tape recorder?
- The microphone converts acoustic waves to electrical signals for transmission.
- They thrust a microphone in front of me and fired questions at me.
- The photographer tripped over a lead, wrenching a microphone from its stand.