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词汇 radio silence
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Definition of radio silence in English:

radio silence

noun
  • 1An absence of or abstention from radio transmission.

    at midnight, the enemy went on total radio silence
    Example sentencesExamples
    • To land and launch aircraft while maintaining radio silence, Red Team used lighting systems a la World War II.
    • The imposition of radio silence during such missions made me more of a gunner than a radioman.
    • Did Japanese warships and their commanding admirals break radio silence at sea before the attack?
    • The experience of the Great Patriotic War showed that particular communication security measures (including radio silence) complicated the work of signals intelligence units.
    • On 16 December, signals intelligence (SIGINT) reported enemy units leaving an assembly area north of Trier and then going to radio silence.
    • Maintaining total radio silence, the Strike Force took a route through the North Pacific, which had proven wholly devoid of shipping under normal circumstances.
    • It was a misty night, all navigation lights were switched off and radio silence was observed.
    • One wounded plane came limping back to base in radio silence.
    • For the Queen Mother, two minutes of BBC radio silence were ordained, reduced to one for listeners to Radio 1, out of respect for their limited attention span.
    • She had no idea there were heavy units in the vicinity, because of radio silence.
    • They sailed behind mine sweepers and in near radio silence.
    • Tactically, the Germans also imposed strict radio silence.
    • The Beagle 2 team has revised its plans for trying to communicate with the lander, postponing the date for the end of radio silence by two days.
    • Radio silence is now being kept until January 22 when the lander if it is still functioning is programmed to send out signals automatically.
    • After final approval, the strike force launched from Thailand and expertly rejoined 15 aircraft in total darkness under radio silence.
    • "We'd been in radio silence for most of the flight," Hoehn said.
    • In the South Atlantic, Crowhurst announced that low battery power would require him to maintain radio silence through the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
    • The myth, mistakenly put about in the late 1970s, that German radio silence prevented ULTRA from giving warning of the Ardennes campaign in mid-December is still current in some quarters.
    1. 1.1 A period during which one hears nothing from a normally communicative person or group.
      apologies for the radio silence but I've had my nose to the grindstone this week
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They *might * be the victims of a tornado or a mass murder, but I tend to suppose more mundane explanations for her periodic radio silence.
      • Breaking radio silence, Brenda slipped me a piece of paper with murmured instructions to swallow it.
      • I'm off to Devon for a few days and there will be radio silence.
      • Contenders are raising funds and canvassing support while maintaining complete radio silence.
      • Naturally, there was total radio silence from him while the property boom was going up.
      • Why the breakup - and ensuing radio silence?
      • So please pardon the radio silence while I try to work out what my new 'voice' would be.
      • There has been nothing but radio silence from Artshow since her last communiqué.
      • I've been out of sorts for several days, hence the relative radio silence here.
      • Apologies for the radio silence this morning, but after reading this I need a short break from the blogosphere.
      • At this point I broke radio silence and asked a gallery employee for some information on the artist.
      • Apologies for the long radio silence.
      • After months of what was essentially radio silence from both sides, the NHL lockout finally got interesting.
      • The "radio silence" of being without a home phone, let alone the ubiquitous cell phone, is startling.
      • Been in a meeting all afternoon at the Strand, hence radio silence.
      • Apologies for the radio silence, but you might be interested in two published works of mine over the past few days.
      • Sorry about the radio silence this past week.
      • From this morning I am going into 'radio silence' for the next 4 days as I'm off to a remote retreat in Scotland.
      • We have had very useful discussions but have agreed that until they are concluded, we shall maintain 'radio silence'.

Definition of radio silence in US English:

radio silence

noun
  • 1An absence of or abstention from radio transmission.

    at midnight, the enemy went on total radio silence
    Example sentencesExamples
    • After final approval, the strike force launched from Thailand and expertly rejoined 15 aircraft in total darkness under radio silence.
    • "We'd been in radio silence for most of the flight," Hoehn said.
    • For the Queen Mother, two minutes of BBC radio silence were ordained, reduced to one for listeners to Radio 1, out of respect for their limited attention span.
    • The Beagle 2 team has revised its plans for trying to communicate with the lander, postponing the date for the end of radio silence by two days.
    • In the South Atlantic, Crowhurst announced that low battery power would require him to maintain radio silence through the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
    • The experience of the Great Patriotic War showed that particular communication security measures (including radio silence) complicated the work of signals intelligence units.
    • To land and launch aircraft while maintaining radio silence, Red Team used lighting systems a la World War II.
    • It was a misty night, all navigation lights were switched off and radio silence was observed.
    • On 16 December, signals intelligence (SIGINT) reported enemy units leaving an assembly area north of Trier and then going to radio silence.
    • The imposition of radio silence during such missions made me more of a gunner than a radioman.
    • One wounded plane came limping back to base in radio silence.
    • She had no idea there were heavy units in the vicinity, because of radio silence.
    • Radio silence is now being kept until January 22 when the lander if it is still functioning is programmed to send out signals automatically.
    • They sailed behind mine sweepers and in near radio silence.
    • Did Japanese warships and their commanding admirals break radio silence at sea before the attack?
    • The myth, mistakenly put about in the late 1970s, that German radio silence prevented ULTRA from giving warning of the Ardennes campaign in mid-December is still current in some quarters.
    • Maintaining total radio silence, the Strike Force took a route through the North Pacific, which had proven wholly devoid of shipping under normal circumstances.
    • Tactically, the Germans also imposed strict radio silence.
    1. 1.1 A period during which one hears nothing from a normally communicative person or group.
      the long radio silence has been due to the intensity of parenting an infant
      Example sentencesExamples
      • So please pardon the radio silence while I try to work out what my new 'voice' would be.
      • After months of what was essentially radio silence from both sides, the NHL lockout finally got interesting.
      • Contenders are raising funds and canvassing support while maintaining complete radio silence.
      • The "radio silence" of being without a home phone, let alone the ubiquitous cell phone, is startling.
      • Naturally, there was total radio silence from him while the property boom was going up.
      • I'm off to Devon for a few days and there will be radio silence.
      • Apologies for the radio silence this morning, but after reading this I need a short break from the blogosphere.
      • At this point I broke radio silence and asked a gallery employee for some information on the artist.
      • There has been nothing but radio silence from Artshow since her last communiqué.
      • Sorry about the radio silence this past week.
      • Breaking radio silence, Brenda slipped me a piece of paper with murmured instructions to swallow it.
      • From this morning I am going into 'radio silence' for the next 4 days as I'm off to a remote retreat in Scotland.
      • Why the breakup - and ensuing radio silence?
      • Been in a meeting all afternoon at the Strand, hence radio silence.
      • Apologies for the long radio silence.
      • Apologies for the radio silence, but you might be interested in two published works of mine over the past few days.
      • They *might * be the victims of a tornado or a mass murder, but I tend to suppose more mundane explanations for her periodic radio silence.
      • We have had very useful discussions but have agreed that until they are concluded, we shall maintain 'radio silence'.
      • I've been out of sorts for several days, hence the relative radio silence here.
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