The airwaves are radio and television as a place where programmes travel — not the set in your living room, but the “out there” that carries the show. A song hits the airwaves; a politician dominates the airwaves; a station takes to the airwaves.

The airwaves電波 are是 radio and television廣播和電視， as a place where programmes travel把它們當作節目傳送的地方， not the set in your living room不是你客廳裡的電視機， but the “out there” that carries the show而是承載節目的『外面那個空間』。 A song一首歌 hits the airwaves上了電波； a politician一位政治人物 dominates the airwaves佔滿電波； a station一家電台 takes to the airwaves開始在電波上播送。

It is almost always plural in this meaning. The picture underneath is radio signals moving as waves through the air; we kept the picture and dropped the physics.

in this meaning在這個意思裡 it is almost always plural幾乎都用複數。 The picture underneath底下的畫面 is radio signals moving as waves through the air是無線電訊號像波一樣穿過空氣； we kept the picture我們保留了這個畫面 and dropped the physics而拿掉了物理學。

It is a colourful, slightly old newspaper word. Younger people more often say on TV, on the radio, or just online.

It is a colourful, slightly old newspaper word這是個生動、有點老派的報紙用字。 Younger people年輕人 more often say比較常說 on TV電視上， on the radio廣播裡， or just online或直接說網路上。

Though actually, writers do stretch it toward any broadcast, and some now push it onto podcasts, which is looser than the original radio-and-TV picture. You will still meet it in headlines and in talk about who controls public attention.

Though actually不過， writers do stretch it toward any broadcast作家確實會把它延伸到任何廣播內容， and some now push it onto podcasts現在也有人把它套到podcast上， which is looser than the original radio-and-TV picture這就比原本廣播加電視的畫面鬆散了。 in headlines在標題裡， and in talk about who controls public attention還有在討論誰掌控大眾注意力的話題裡， You will still meet it你還是會遇到它。