screen
n
1 [C] upright, fixed or movable, sometimes folding framework used for dividing a room, concealing sth, protecting sb from excessive heat, light, etc 隔板; 屏; 幕; 簾; 帳
a screen in front of the fire 爐前的隔板
get undressed behind a screen 在屏風後脫衣服.
2 [C] anything that conceals sb or sth or gives protection, eg from the weather 掩蔽物
a screen of trees, eg hiding a house from a road 樹林形成的屏障
use the blanket as a screen to keep the wind off 用毯子擋風
a `sunscreen, ie used to protect the skin from harmful rays from the sun 防曬劑(保護皮膚用的)
He was using his business activities as a screen for crime. 他用生意活動作掩護干著犯罪的勾當.
3 [C] (esp in old churches) wood or stone structure that partially separates the main part of a church from the altar, or the nave of a cathedral from the choir (尤指舊教堂的)圣壇屏幕, 唱詩班屏幕. =>illus at App 1 見附錄1插圖, page viii.
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(a) [C] blank surface onto which still pictures or films are projected 銀幕. =>illus 見插圖.
(b) [C] blank surface, esp on a TV or computer monitor, on which pictures or data are shown 屏幕, 熒光屏, 熒屏(尤指電視機或計算機的).
(c) (often 常作 the screen) [sing]
the film industry or cinema films 電影業; 電影界; 電影
write for the screen, ie write the dialogue for films 為電影寫對白
a star of stage and screen, ie appearing in plays and films 戲劇兼電影明星
I work for both the big and the small screen, ie for both films and TV. 我從事影視工作.
[attrib 作定語]
a screen actor, performance, writer 電影的演員、 上演、 腳本作者.
(d) [C] cinema, esp one that is part of a complex of cinemas 電影院(尤指影院集中區的)
Two smaller screens will be opening in May. 五月份將有兩家小型電影院開業.
5 [C] frame with fine wire netting to keep out flies, mosquitoes, etc 紗門、 紗窗等
a `door-screen 紗門 * a `window-screen 紗窗.
6 [C] large sieve or riddle used for separating coal, gravel, etc into different sizes by passing it through holes of different sizes (篩煤、 礫石等的)篩子.
7 [C] = sight-screen (sight1).
8 (idm 習語) the silver screen => silver. screen, v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p]
~ sth/sb (off) (from sth/sb); ~ sth/sb (against sth) conceal, protect or shelter sth/sb with a screen (用隔板、 屏、 幕等)隱藏、 掩護或遮蔽某物[某人]
The bushes will screen us while we change. 我們用灌木叢遮擋著換衣服.
The trees screen the house from view. 有這些樹隔著看不見那所房子.
The camera lens must be screened from direct sunlight. 照相機的鏡頭不可受到陽光的直射.
The wall screens us against the wind. 這堵墻能給我們擋風.
A bookcase screens off part of the room. 有個書柜把房間隔開了一部分.
2 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb (from sth/sb) (fig 比喻) protect sb (from blame, punishment, etc) 保護某人(不受責備、 懲罰等); 包庇; 袒護
Everyone's angry with you, and I can't screen you (from their anger). 大家都生你的氣, 我無法護著你.
You can't screen your children from real life for ever. 不能總護著孩子不讓他們接觸實際生活.
3 Tn] pass (coal, gravel, etc) through a screen(6) 篩(煤、 礫石等).
4 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb/sth (for sth) examine or test sb/sth to find out if there is any disease, defect, etc 檢查或測試某人[某事物](有無疾病、 缺陷等)
screen women for breast cancer 檢查女子是否患有乳腺癌
The applications were carefully screened in case any of them c...