释义 |
scene1 /sēn/ noun- A landscape, picture of a place or action
- A view or spectacle
- The activity, publicity, etc surrounding a particular business or profession, eg the pop music scene (informal)
- One's area of interest or activity (informal)
- A situation, state of affairs (informal)
- Orig the stage
- A stage performance (obsolete)
- The place of action in a play (hence in a story, an actual occurrence, etc)
- Its representation on the stage
- A painted slide, hanging, or other object, used for this purpose
- A curtain, veil, or screen (archaic)
- 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
- An episode
- 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 - Theatrical slides, hangings, etc collectively
- Views of beautiful, picturesque, or impressive country
- Dramatic action (obsolete)
scēneˈster noun (informal) A person who identifies with a particular cultural scene scenic /sēˈnik or senˈik/ adjective - Relating to scenery
- Having beautiful or remarkable scenery
- Belonging or relating to the stage or stage scenery
- Dramatic, theatrical
- (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 - Perspective drawing
- 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 - A miniature railway running through artificial representations of picturesque scenery
- 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 - At the back of the visible stage
- Away from the public view (lit and figurative)
- In a position to know what goes on
- In private
come on the scene To arrive set the scene To describe the background to an event, etc |