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static

2023年03月12日 | 英単語
Reader's Digest 12/1月合併号の記事 "I have no idea how to fly this plane" から引用します。
セスナのパイロットが意識を失えかけ、乗客の二人、HarrisonとFrank、は窮地に陥りました。

Flores radios Harrison, "This is Fort Pierce tower. Are you on the frequency?"
No answer.
Inside November333 Lima Delta, Harrison and Frank realize they have lost contact with the tower. Flores's voice is replaced by static, then nothing. Once again, Harrison and Franck are on their own.

"static" には静電気の意味もあるので、ここでは静電気によるノイズを連想できますが、辞書で意味を確認します。

・Oxford English Dictionary: noise or other effects that interrupt radio or television signals and are caused by particular conditions in the atmosphere:
・Collins Dictionary: If there is static on the radio or television, you hear a series of loud noises which spoils the sound.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: noise on a radio or television caused by electricity in the air: There's so much static on this radio I can't hear what they're saying.
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