media

media¹
[ˈmiːdɪə]
noun

plural form of medium
medium 的复数
(一般作 the media)[treated as sing. or pl.]the main means of mass communication (especially television, radio, and newspapers) regarded collectively
媒体，传媒（尤指电视、广播和报纸）
[as modifier]the campaign won media attention.
这次运动赢得了媒体的注意。

用法

The word media comes from the Latin plural of medium. The traditional view is that it should therefore be treated as a plural noun in all its senses in English and be used with a plural rather than a singular verbthe media have not followed the reportsrather than ‘has’). In practice, in the sense ‘television, radio, and the press collectively’, it behaves as a collective noun (like staff or clergy, for example), which means that it is now acceptable in standard English for it to take either a singular or a plural verb

media²
[ˈmiːdɪə]
(pl. mediae -dɪiː)

(Anatomy)an intermediate layer, especially in the wall of a blood vessel
(剖)（尤指血管壁的）中间层

语源

late 19th cent.: shortening of modern Latin tunica (or membrana) media 'middle sheath (or layer')

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