| 单词 | frame |
| 释义 | frame n. & v. --n 1. a case or border enclosing a picture, window, door, etc. 2. the basic rigid supporting structure of anything, e.g. of a building, motor vehicle, or aircraft. 3. (in pl.) the structure of spectacles holding the lenses. 4. a human or animal body, esp. with reference to its size or structure (his frame shook with laughter). 5. a framed work or structure (the frame of heaven). 6. a an established order, plan, or system (the frame of society). b construction, constitution, build. 7. a temporary state (esp. in frame of mind). 8. a single complete image or picture on a cinema film or transmitted in a series of lines by television. 9. a a triangular structure for positioning the balls in snooker etc. b the balls positioned in this way. c a round of play in snooker etc. 10. Hort. a boxlike structure of glass etc. for protecting plants. 11. a removable box of slats for the building of a honeycomb in a beehive. 12. US sl. = frame-up. --vtr. 1. a set in or provide with a frame. b serve as a frame for. 2. construct by a combination of parts or in accordance with a design or plan. 3. formulate or devise the essentials of (a complex thing, idea, theory, etc.). 4. (foll. by to, into) adapt or fit. 5. sl. concoct a false charge or evidence against; devise a plot with regard to. 6. articulate (words). Phrases and idioms frame-house a house constructed of a wooden skeleton covered with boards etc. frame of reference 1. a set of standards or principles governing behaviour, thought, etc. 2. Geom. a system of geometrical axes for defining position. frame-saw a saw stretched in a frame to make it rigid. frame-up colloq. a conspiracy, esp. to make an innocent person appear guilty. Derivatives framable adj. frameless adj. framer n. Etymology: OE framian be of service f. fram forward: see FROM |
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