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单词 scene-shifter
释义

scene1 /sēn/

noun
  1. A landscape, picture of a place or action
  2. A view or spectacle
  3. The activity, publicity, etc surrounding a particular business or profession, eg the pop music scene (informal)
  4. One's area of interest or activity (informal)
  5. A situation, state of affairs (informal)
  6. Orig the stage
  7. A stage performance (obsolete)
  8. The place of action in a play (hence in a story, an actual occurrence, etc)
  9. Its representation on the stage
  10. A painted slide, hanging, or other object, used for this purpose
  11. A curtain, veil, or screen (archaic)
  12. A division of a play marked off by the fall of the curtain, by a change of place, or (in Latin, French, and some English plays) by the entry or exit of any important character
  13. An episode
  14. A dramatic or histrionic incident, esp an uncomfortable, untimely, or unseemly display of feelings
transitive verb

To set in a scene

ORIGIN: L scēna, scaena, from Gr skēnē a tent, stage building

scēnˈery noun

  1. Theatrical slides, hangings, etc collectively
  2. Views of beautiful, picturesque, or impressive country
  3. Dramatic action (obsolete)

scēneˈster noun (informal)

A person who identifies with a particular cultural scene

scenic /sēˈnik or senˈik/ adjective

  1. Relating to scenery
  2. Having beautiful or remarkable scenery
  3. Belonging or relating to the stage or stage scenery
  4. Dramatic, theatrical
  5. (of painting, sculpture, etc) representing a scene or incident, eg of historical action

scenˈical adjective (rare)

scenˈically adverb

scēnographˈic or scēnographˈical adjective

scēnographˈically adverb

scēnogˈraphy noun

  1. Perspective drawing
  2. Scene-painting

scene dock or scene bay noun

The space where scenery is stored

sceneˈman noun

A scene-shifter

scene-of-crime officer noun

A police officer responsible for gathering evidence at the scene of a crime

sceneˈ-painter noun

A person who paints scenery for theatres

sceneˈ-shifter noun

A person who sets and removes the scenery in a theatre

sceneˈ-shifting noun

scenic railway noun

  1. A miniature railway running through artificial representations of picturesque scenery
  2. A roller-coaster, eg in an amusement park

scenic reserve noun (NZ)

An area of picturesque scenery protected against development and accessible to the public for recreational purposes

behind the scenes

  1. At the back of the visible stage
  2. Away from the public view (lit and figurative)
  3. In a position to know what goes on
  4. In private

come on the scene

To arrive

set the scene

To describe the background to an event, etc

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