英语词汇“screen”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

screenscreen1 /skrin/ ●●● S2 W2 noun

ETYMOLOGYscreen¹

Origin: 1300-1400 Old French escren, from Middle Dutch scherm

COLLOCATIONS► on screen

It’s easier to correct your work on screen than on paper.

► the big screen

Her play was adapted for the big screen.

► stage and screen

She was a star of stage and screen.

► silver screen

He first appeared on the silver screen (=in movies) in the 1930s.

1tv/computer [countable] the flat glass part of a television or computer, on which you see words, pictures, etc.: a huge TV screen It’s easier to correct your work on screen than on paper.2movies a)[countable] the large white surface that pictures are shown on in a movie theater b)[singular, uncountable] eng. lang. arts movies in general: Her play was adapted for the big screen. She was a star of stage and screen. He first appeared on the silver screen (=in movies) in the 1930s.3door/window [countable] a wire net fastened inside a frame in front of a window or door, that allows air into the house but keeps insects out4movable wall [countable] a piece of furniture like a thin wall that can be moved around, used to divide one part of a room from another SYN partition: a screen around the patient’s bed5something that hides a)[countable] something tall and wide that hides a place or thing: a screen of high bushes b)[singular] something that hides what someone is doing: screen for The business was a screen for drug dealing.6sports [countable] a player or group of players in a game such as basketball who protect the player who has the ball7test for illness medicine a screening[Origin: 1300–1400 Old French escren, from Middle Dutch scherm] → see also smokescreen, sunscreen

noun | verb

screenscreen2 verb [transitive]

VERB TABLE

screen

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	screen
	he, she, it	screens
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	screened
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have screened
	he, she, it	has screened
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had screened
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will screen
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have screened

Continuous Form
Present	I	am screening
	he, she, it	is screening
	you, we, they	are screening
Past	I, he, she, it	was screening
	you, we, they	were screening
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been screening
	he, she, it	has been screening
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been screening
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be screening
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been screening

COLLOCATIONS► screen ... calls

You can use an answering machine to screen your calls.

1medicine to do tests on people, blood, etc. to find out whether they have a particular illness: Blood banks now screen all blood supplies.screen somebody for something Women over 50 should be screened for breast cancer.2to hide or protect something by putting something in front of it: screen something (off) from something The hedge screens the yard from the street.3to find out information about people in order to decide whether you can trust them or whether they are the right people to work for you: Applicants are screened for security reasons.4to show a movie or television program: The movie will be screened on television for the first time on Saturday night.5to check things to see whether they are acceptable or appropriate: You can use an answering machine to screen your calls.screen something ↔ out phrasal verb1to remove people or things that are not acceptable or not appropriate SYN filter out: The software screens out sites that are not appropriate for children.2to prevent something from entering or passing through: The low clouds screened out all but a hint of sunshine.