英和和英

名詞

human microphone (plural not attested)

1. (communication) A means of delivering a speech to a large group of people, wherein persons gathered around the speaker repeat the speaker's words, thus amplifying the voice of the speaker without the need for amplification equipment.

   Synonyms: people's mic, people's microphone

   • 2013 January 8, Rossana Reguillo, “Human Mic: Technologies for Democracy”, in North American Congress on Latin America‎, retrieved 2013-01-09:

     By linking the word to the body and the crowd, the human microphone transformed an obstacle into an important asset for the social movements in the street.