| 释义 |
small screenˈsmall ˌscreen noun   - A hard act to follow, but its stars are confident that the small screen version will prove just as popular.
- And the small screen turned milky white.
- But, increasingly, films look like they were designed for the small screen.
- In our homes we associate the small screen with entertainment.
- Lamar Alexander, he has not let it affect his self-confidence on the small screen.
- Launched this summer, the Discman displays data on a small screen.
- The chief effect of his Bill would have been the banning of almost all images of homosexuality from the small screen.
- Tobacco is barred from the seductive small screen while spirits are subject to a voluntary telly ban.
television► television also TV informal the system of broadcasting pictures and sound, or the programmes that are broadcast in this way: · Television brings events like the Olympic games into millions of homes.· the educational uses of televisionwatch television/TV: · Nearly 80% of children watch TV after school.· People who watch a lot of television are more likely to be heavy.on television/TV: · Kids have to learn that toys they see advertised on TV might not be as much fun as they look.television/TV programme/show/series etc: · American television news programs are getting worse and worse.· a description of the fall season's new TV shows ► telly British spoken the programmes that are broadcast on television or your television set: · It's true, I saw it on some show on the telly.watch (the) telly: · You can watch telly after you've done your homework.on telly: · Is there anything good on telly tonight? ► the box British informal /the tube American informal use this to talk about programmes on television or people's television sets: · The hours spent in front of the tube mean that children aren't participating in other forms of entertainment.on the box/tube: · What's on the box? ► the small screen television - use this especially when you are comparing television to films: · I had seen the movie before, but it didn't look as good on the small screen.· It's one of the best shows ever seen on the small screen. ► the small screen- I had seen the movie before, but it didn't look as good on the small screen.
- It's one of the best shows ever seen on the small screen.
- The story of Hearst's life made it to the small screen last spring.
the small screen television – used especially when comparing television to the cinema → big screen:  a film made for the small screen |