新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

screen

英  [skriːn]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • screens

    1[SING 单数型名词] (电视、电脑、影院等的)屏幕

    A screen is a flat vertical surface on which pictures or words are shown. Television sets and computers have screens, and films are shown on a screen in cinemas.

    2[SING 单数型名词] 影视

    You can refer to films or television as the screen.

    双语例句

    例:

    Many viewers have strong opinions about violence on the screen.

    许多观众对影视暴力有强烈意见。

    3[C 可数名词] 屏风

    A screen is a vertical panel which can be moved around. It is used to keep cold air away from part of a room, or to create a smaller area within a room.

    双语例句

    例:

    They put a screen in front of me so I couldn't see what was going on.

    他们在我面前放置了一扇屏风,因此我看不见发生了什么。

    VERB. 动词
  • screens , screening , screened

    1[I 不及物动词] 上映(影片) , 播放(电视节目)

    When a film or a television programme is screened, it is shown in the cinema or broadcast on television.

    双语例句

    例:

    The series is likely to be screened in January.

    这部系列剧可能在1月份播放。

    2[T 及物动词] 屏蔽 , 遮挡

    If something is screened by another thing, it is behind it and hidden by it.

    双语例句

    例:

    Most of the road behind the hotel was screened by an apartment block.

    旅馆后面那条路的大部分都被一排公寓楼挡住了。

    3[I 不及物动词] (为确定是否患有某病而)做检查

    To screen for a disease means to examine people to make sure that they do not have it.

    近义词

    check , examine

    双语例句

    例:

    a quick saliva test that would screen for people at risk of tooth decay.

    一项能快速查出是否有患蛀牙的唾液化验。

    例:

    Men over 50 are routinely screened for prostate abnormalities.

    五十岁以上的男性定期做前列腺的筛检。

    4[T 及物动词] 审查(申请加入者)

    When an organization screens people who apply to join it, it investigates them to make sure that they are not likely to cause problems.

    双语例句

    例:

    They will screen all their candidates.

    他们将审查所有的求职者。

    5[T 及物动词] (为确保没有携带武器等而)检查(人、行李)

    To screen people or luggage means to check them using special equipment to make sure they are not carrying a weapon or a bomb.

    双语例句

    例:

    The airline had not been searching unaccompanied baggage by hand, but only screening it on X-ray machines.

    这家航空公司对非随身行李一直没有手工检查,只是在X光机上检查。