big screenn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈbɪɡ skriːn/, U.S.

/ˈbɪɡ ˈˌskrin/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: big adj., screen n.¹

Etymology: < big adj. + screen n.¹

Originally U.S.

A. n.

Chiefly with the. The screen in a cinema. Hence figurative: motion pictures collectively; cinema, the movies.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > [noun] > films or the cinema

cinematograph1896

animation1897

cinema1908

movies1909

movie screen1912

pic1913

big screen1914

film1915

motion pictures1915

picture1915

screen1915

seventh art1921

celluloid1922

silver screen1924

flick1926

flickers1927

pix1932

1914 Fresno (Calif.) Morning Republican 24 Oct. 12/3 The stage hands will devise noise effects to help carry out the illusion on the big screen.

1955 Los Angeles Times 15 Dec. iii. 14 (caption) TV star Joan Caulfield returns to the big screen.

1985 N.Y. Times 2 Aug. c13/1 Jim Henson's Muppets are already veterans of the big screen.

1993 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 9 Jan. e1 The Little Tramp finally gets his due on big screens across North America.

2004 Snoop Aug.–Sept. 82/4 Bollywood's hottest real-life couple have united on the big screen.

B. adj.

1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of motion pictures; cinematic.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > [adjective] > films or the cinema

animated1888

cinematic1912

filmic1915

big screen1916

celluloid1916

1916 Los Angeles Times 2 Nov. ii. 6/6 ‘Romeo and Juliet’ has never been visualized..as in the big screen production with..Beverly Bayne.

1937 P. G. Wodehouse Let. 13 July in Yours, Plum (1990) i. 67 My agent talks to me about what he is going to do, once the Damsel in Distress is produced and I get a big screen credit.

1962 ‘J. le Carré’ Murder of Quality v. 62 Smiley was fascinated by Fielding..by his whole big-screen style.

2006 Total Film Feb. 11/1 Big-screen action heroines have been made fantasies.

2. Designating a television having an especially large screen.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > broadcasting > television > transmitting or receiving apparatus > [adjective] > television set > screen

big screen1931

widescreen1949

1931 N.Y. Times 13 Sept. 14 Big screen television has already been successfully demonstrated in London, Paris and Berlin.

1954 Chicago Sunday Tribune 3 Jan. i. 3/3 (advt.) Why not enjoy this big-screen TV, precision-made for Lyon & Healy.

2000 A. Sayle Barcelona Plates 73 I fortified my flat in Kirk Street with every security device known to mankind and furnished it with a lot of Italian stuff..plus a big-screen TV.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	big screen
释义	big screenn.adj. Brit. /ˈbɪɡ skriːn/, U.S. /ˈbɪɡ ˈˌskrin/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: big adj., screen n.¹ Etymology: < big adj. + screen n.¹ Originally U.S. A. n. Chiefly with the. The screen in a cinema. Hence figurative: motion pictures collectively; cinema, the movies. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > [noun] > films or the cinema cinematograph1896 animation1897 cinema1908 movies1909 movie screen1912 pic1913 big screen1914 film1915 motion pictures1915 picture1915 screen1915 seventh art1921 celluloid1922 silver screen1924 flick1926 flickers1927 pix1932 1914 Fresno (Calif.) Morning Republican 24 Oct. 12/3 The stage hands will devise noise effects to help carry out the illusion on the big screen. 1955 Los Angeles Times 15 Dec. iii. 14 (caption) TV star Joan Caulfield returns to the big screen. 1985 N.Y. Times 2 Aug. c13/1 Jim Henson's Muppets are already veterans of the big screen. 1993 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 9 Jan. e1 The Little Tramp finally gets his due on big screens across North America. 2004 Snoop Aug.–Sept. 82/4 Bollywood's hottest real-life couple have united on the big screen. B. adj. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of motion pictures; cinematic. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > [adjective] > films or the cinema animated1888 cinematic1912 filmic1915 big screen1916 celluloid1916 1916 Los Angeles Times 2 Nov. ii. 6/6 ‘Romeo and Juliet’ has never been visualized..as in the big screen production with..Beverly Bayne. 1937 P. G. Wodehouse Let. 13 July in Yours, Plum (1990) i. 67 My agent talks to me about what he is going to do, once the Damsel in Distress is produced and I get a big screen credit. 1962 ‘J. le Carré’ Murder of Quality v. 62 Smiley was fascinated by Fielding..by his whole big-screen style. 2006 Total Film Feb. 11/1 Big-screen action heroines have been made fantasies. 2. Designating a television having an especially large screen. ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > television > transmitting or receiving apparatus > [adjective] > television set > screen big screen1931 widescreen1949 1931 N.Y. Times 13 Sept. 14 Big screen television has already been successfully demonstrated in London, Paris and Berlin. 1954 Chicago Sunday Tribune 3 Jan. i. 3/3 (advt.) Why not enjoy this big-screen TV, precision-made for Lyon & Healy. 2000 A. Sayle Barcelona Plates 73 I fortified my flat in Kirk Street with every security device known to mankind and furnished it with a lot of Italian stuff..plus a big-screen TV. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1914
随便看	arch-chaplain arch-charlatan arch-cheater arch-chemic arch-chief arch-christendom arch-chronicler arch-city arch-consoler arch-conspirator arch-corrupter arch-corsair arch-cosener arch-count arch-criminal arch-critic arch-cupbearer arch-daemon arch-dapifer arch-deceiver arch-defender arch-depredator arch-despot arch-devil arch-diplomatist