mike

noun

🔊/maɪk/

(also mic)

(informal)

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a microphone (= a device that is used for recording sounds or for making your voice louder when you are speaking or singing to an audience) see also open micTopics Musicc1
Word Origin1920s: abbreviation.

verb

🔊/maɪk/

[usually passive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they mike	🔊/maɪk/ 🔊/maɪk/
he / she / it mikes	🔊/maɪks/ 🔊/maɪks/
past simple miked	🔊/maɪkt/ 🔊/maɪkt/
past participle miked	🔊/maɪkt/ 🔊/maɪkt/
-ing form miking	🔊/ˈmaɪkɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈmaɪkɪŋ/

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to connect somebody/something to a microphone
- be miked (up) The minister was already miked up for the interview.这位部长已经准备好接受采访了。
Word Origin1920s: abbreviation.

Mike

🔊/maɪk/

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