🇬🇧🇨🇳 radio - 收音机 : English Lesson

Meaning of "radio" ("收音机"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A radio is an electronic machine that can pick up invisible waves from the air and turn them into sounds you can hear, like music, talking, news, or stories. When you turn it on and choose a station, the radio catches the waves that station is sending out and plays them through its speaker so you can listen.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

The radio kept saying, “Don’t touch that dial,” so of course I touched it five times.

I turned the radio knob a little, and suddenly we went from sleepy music to ‘dance until your toes fall off.’

The radio played a joke so bad that even the furniture groaned.

My dog barked at the radio, and the radio politely answered with commercials.

I thought my brother was talking to me, but it was just the radio giving me life advice.

An old man puts a small radio on the small table. The radio plays a soft song from far away. A girl hears the radio and dances with a little clap. The dog turns its head at the radio light. The radio plays music all day. They all smile at the radio.

This word is at the A1 level, which means it is one of the first words you learn when starting English. It’s commonly used in everyday conversations and helps you communicate basic ideas like greetings, family, or daily activities.

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