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单词 frameableness
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
frame /freɪm/USA pronunciation   n., v., framed, fram•ing. 
n. [countable]
  1. a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.
  2. Building, Civil Engineeringa rigid structure formed of joined pieces and used as a major support, as in buildings, machinery, and furniture:The frame of the car was rusting.
  3. Anatomya body, esp. a human body, with reference to its size or build;
    physique:a large frame.
  4. Buildinga structure for letting something in or enclosing something:a window frame.
  5. a particular state:an unhappy frame of mind.
  6. Cinema, Show Businessone of the successive pictures on a strip of film:Most of the frames came out all right.

v. [+ object]
  1. to construct;
    shape;
    develop;
    devise;
    compose:to frame a new constitution.
  2. Informal Termsto cause (an innocent person) to seem guilty:to invent false evidence and frame a defendant.
  3. to provide with or put into a frame:to frame the portrait.
fram•er, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
frame  (frām),USA pronunciation n., v., framed, fram•ing. 
n. 
  1. a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.
  2. Building, Civil Engineeringa rigid structure formed of relatively slender pieces, joined so as to surround sizable empty spaces or nonstructural panels, and generally used as a major support in building or engineering works, machinery, furniture, etc.
  3. Anatomya body, esp. a human body, with reference to its size or build;
    physique:He has a large frame.
  4. Buildinga structure for admitting or enclosing something:a window frame.
  5. Usually, frames. (used with a pl. v.) the framework for a pair of eyeglasses.
  6. form, constitution, or structure in general;
    system;
    order.
  7. a particular state, as of the mind:an unhappy frame of mind.
  8. Cinema, Show Business[Motion Pictures.]one of the successive pictures on a strip of film.
  9. Radio and Television[Television.]a single traversal by the electron beam of all the scanning lines on a television screen. In the U.S. this is a total of 525 lines traversed in 130 second. Cf. field (def. 19).
  10. Computingthe information or image on a screen or monitor at any one time.
  11. Sport[Bowling.]
    • one of the ten divisions of a game.
    • one of the squares on the scorecard, in which the score for a given frame is recorded.
  12. Games[Pool.]rack1 (def. 3).
  13. Sport[Baseball.]an inning.
  14. Slang Termsa frame-up.
  15. Printingenclosing lines, usually forming a square or rectangle, to set off printed matter in a newspaper, magazine, or the like;
    a box.
  16. the structural unit that supports the chassis of an automobile.
  17. [Naut.]
    • Naval Termsany of a number of transverse, riblike members for supporting and stiffening the shell of each side of a hull.
    • Naval Termsany of a number of longitudinal members running between web frames to support and stiffen the shell plating of a metal hull.
  18. Mechanical Engineering, Textilesa machine or part of a machine supported by a framework, esp. as used in textile production:drawing frame; spinning frame.
  19. Printingthe workbench of a compositor, consisting of a cabinet, cupboards, bins, and drawers, and having flat and sloping work surfaces on top.
  20. Printing[Bookbinding.]an ornamental border, similar to a picture frame, stamped on the front cover of some books.
  21. Nautical, Naval Terms in frame, [Shipbuilding.](of a hull) with all frames erected and ready for planking or plating.

v.t. 
  1. to form or make, as by fitting and uniting parts together;
    construct.
  2. to contrive, devise, or compose, as a plan, law, or poem:to frame a new constitution.
  3. to conceive or imagine, as an idea.
  4. Informal Termsto incriminate (an innocent person) through the use of false evidence, information, etc.
  5. to provide with or put into a frame, as a picture.
  6. to give utterance to:Astonished, I attempted to frame adequate words of protest.
  7. to form or seem to form (speech) with the lips, as if enunciating carefully.
  8. to fashion or shape:to frame a bust from marble.
  9. to shape or adapt to a particular purpose:to frame a reading list for ninth graders.
  10. Informal Termsto contrive or prearrange fraudulently or falsely, as in a scheme or contest.
  11. to adjust (film) in a motion-picture projector so as to secure exact correspondence of the outlines of the frame and aperture.
  12. to line up visually in a viewfinder or sight.
  13. [Archaic.]to direct, as one's steps.

v.i. 
  1. [Archaic.]to betake oneself;
    resort.
  2. [Archaic.]to prepare, attempt, give promise, or manage to do something.
  • bef. 1000; 1910–15 for def. 8; 1920–25 for def. 25; (verb, verbal) Middle English framen to prepare (timber), Old English framian to avail, profit; cognate with Old Norse frama to further, Old High German (gi)framōn to do; (noun, nominal) Middle English, derivative of the verb, verbal
frama•ble, framea•ble, adj. 
frama•ble•ness, framea•ble•ness, n. 
frameless, adj. 
framer, n. 

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