Airplay is how much a particular song is played on the radio — the time it is actually “on the air.” If a song gets a lot of airplay, many stations are playing it, so more people hear it. DJs, managers, and charts care about this; it is a music-business word more than a family word. People also stretch it a little to television music channels, but the home meaning is radio.

Airplay is how much a particular song is played on the radioairplay是指一首歌在廣播上被播放的量，the time it is actually 'on the air.'也就是它真正'on the air'（在空中播出）的時間。If a song gets a lot of airplay如果一首歌得到很多airplay，many stations are playing it就代表很多電台在播它，so more people hear it所以更多人聽到它。DJs, managers, and charts care about thisDJ、經紀人和排行榜都很在意這個，it is a music-business word more than a family word這是個音樂產業用語，不是一般家庭常用的字。People also stretch it a little to television music channels大家也會把這個字稍微延伸到電視音樂頻道，but the home meaning is radio但它最原本的意思是廣播。

Though actually, air here is not the sky and not the stuff we breathe. It is the old idea of a programme going out on radio waves.

Though actually, air here is not the sky and not the stuff we breathe不過其實這裡的air，不是指天空，也不是指我們呼吸的空氣。It is the old idea of a programme going out on radio waves它指的是節目透過無線電波播送出去這個舊觀念。

Plays on a phone app are usually just called plays or streams, not airplay. You would not use airplay for children playing outside, and you would not use it for a band playing on a stage unless that show is being broadcast.

Plays on a phone app are usually just called plays or streams手機App上的播放次數通常只叫plays或streams，not airplay而不叫airplay。You would not use airplay for children playing outside你不會用airplay來說小孩在外面玩，and you would not use it for a band playing on a stage unless that show is being broadcast也不會用它來說樂團在台上表演，除非那場表演正在被廣播出去。