Word · CEFR B2 · Frequency #757
media
媒体；新闻界
The press; the institutions, means, and people that produce and broadcast news and information.
- 1.
The middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue.
血管或淋巴管壁的中层,由结缔组织和肌肉组织构成。
- 2.
The means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information.
出版和传播信息的手段与机构。
- 3.
One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the radius and the cubitus.
昆虫翅膀的一条主脉,位于径脉与肘脉之间。
- 4.
The totality of content items (television shows, films, books, photographs, etc.) which are broadcast or published.
广播或出版的内容总体(如电视节目、电影、书籍、照片等)。
- 5.
An ant specialized as a forager in a leaf-cutter ant colony.
切叶蚁群落中专司觅食的蚂蚁。
- 6.
The journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry.
组成大众传播行业的记者及其他专业人员。
- 7.
Files and data comprising material viewable by humans, but usually not plain text; audiovisual material.
供人观看的文件和数据材料,通常非纯文本；视听材料。
媒体内容；传播内容；媒体文件；音像资料；中膜；中脉；切叶蚁中专司觅食的工蚁
In use
The media often reports on celebrity news.
Social media has changed the way we communicate.
The company hired a media consultant to improve its public image.
the media
media作为集合名词，通常与单数动词连用。
The media has a responsibility to report the truth.
媒体有责任报道真相。
adjective + media
常用形容词包括social, mass, digital, broadcast等。
Social media has transformed how we communicate.
社交媒体改变了我们的交流方式。
Common mistakes
I read a media about sports.I read a medium about sports.
“media”是复数形式，不能与不定冠词“a”连用；表示单数“一种媒介”时应用“medium”。
Connections
Collocations
- social media
- 社交媒体
- She spends too much time on social media.她在社交媒体上花的时间太多了。
- mass media
- 大众传媒
- The event was widely reported in the mass media.这一事件在大众传媒上被广泛报道。
- mainstream media
- 主流媒体
- The story was ignored by the mainstream media.这个故事被主流媒体忽略了。
- media coverage
- 媒体报道
- The trial attracted extensive media coverage.这次审判吸引了广泛的媒体报道。
- media outlet
- 新闻机构；媒体机构
- Several media outlets published the leaked documents.几家媒体机构发表了泄露的文件。
- media literacy
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆联想：media 以 me 开头，媒体上人人都能发‘我’的内容，媒介连接你我。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：news reporting、broadcast journalism、public relations、digital content production media 表示大众传播媒介或新闻界时是中性常用词，通常用于新闻、广告、公关等传播相关语境，正式写作和日常对话中都比较自然。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 media 真正押韵的是 encyclopedia /ɪnˌsaɪkləˈpiːdiə/ 和 Wikipedia /ˌwɪkɪˈpiːdiə/，它们重读元音 /iː/ 及后面的 /diə/ 与 media 一致。注意 median /ˈmiːdiən/、medium /ˈmiːdiəm/ 虽然以 medi- 开头，但结尾元音不同；bacteria /bækˈtɪəriə/、cafeteria /ˌkæfəˈtɪəriə/ 虽以 -ia 结尾，但重读音节在 /tɪə/，与 media 的 /ˈmiːdiə/ 不同。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.