| 单词 | cinema |
| 释义 | cinema (once / 807 pages) n A cinema is another word for a movie theater. If you love films, you probably spend a lot of time at the cinema. It's more common to say cinema in Britain than in the United States, but any English speaker will know what you're talking about if you ask, "Want to go to the cinema?" You can also use cinema to talk about the film industry and its history: "This is my favorite film in all of American cinema." The word was first used in 1899, from the French cinéma, which was a shortened form of cinématographe, "motion picture projector and camera." WORD FAMILYcinema: cinemas, cinematic, cinematise, cinematize+/cinematic: cinematically/cinematize: cinematized, cinematizes, cinematizing USAGE EXAMPLESThe plot is only a little bit of what matters in a Manual Cinema show; the performers are entrancing merely doing what they do. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) The mansion includes a cinema, spa, hair salon and sports room. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) Though a highly respected stills photographer, he also maintained a career in cinema, directing 20 feature-length films. Time(Dec 30, 2016) 1n a medium that disseminates moving pictures this story would be good cinema Syn|Hypo|Hyper celluloid, film silver screen the film industry medium a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information 2n a theater where films are shown Syn|Hypo|Hyper movie house, movie theater, movie theatre, picture palace bioscope a South African movie theater fleapitan old shabby movie theater multiplexa movie theater than has several different auditoriums in the same building house, theater, theatre a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented |
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