screen

1. N-COUNT A screen is a flat vertical surface on which pictures or words are shown. Television sets and computers have screens, and movies are shown on a screen in movie theatres. (電眡、電腦、影院等的) 屏幕

2. →see also widescreen

3. N-SING You can refer to movies or television as the screen. 影眡['the' N, also 'on/off' N]

Many viewers have strong opinions about violence on the screen. 許多觀衆對影眡暴力有強烈意見。

4. V-T When a movie or a television programme is screened, it is shown in the movie theatre or broadcast on television. 上映 (影片); 播放 (電眡節目)

The series is likely to be screened in January. 這部系列劇可能在1月份播放。

5. screeningN-COUNT 放映; 播放

The film-makers will be present at the screenings to introduce their works. 電影制作人將在放映時到場介紹他們的作品。

6. N-COUNT A screen is a vertical panel which can be moved around. It is used to keep cold air away from part of a room, or to create a smaller area within a room. 屏風

They put a screen in front of me so I couldn't see what was going on. 他們在我麪前放置了一扇屏風，因此我看不見在發生什麽。

7. V-T If something is screened by another thing, it is behind it and hidden by it. 屏蔽; 遮擋[usu passive]

Most of the road behind the hotel was screened by an apartment block. 旅館後麪那條路的大部分都被一排公寓樓擋住了。

8. V-I To screen for a disease means to examine people to make sure that they do not have it. (爲確定是否患有某病而) 做檢查

...a quick saliva test that would screen for people at risk of tooth decay. …一項能查出有患牙蝕風險的人群的快速唾液化騐。

9. screeningN-VAR 檢查

Our country has an enviable record on breast screening for cancer. 我們國家在乳腺癌檢查方麪有著令人羨慕的紀錄。

10. V-T When an organization screens people who apply to join it, it investigates them to make sure that they are not likely to cause problems. 讅查 (申請加入者)

They will screen all their candidates. 他們將讅查他們所有的求職者。

11. V-T To screen people or luggage means to check them using special equipment to make sure they are not carrying a weapon or a bomb. (爲確保沒有攜帶武器等而) 檢查 (人、行李)

The airline had not been searching unaccompanied baggage by hand, but only screening it on X-ray machines. 這家航空公司一直沒有手工檢查非隨身行李，衹是在X光機上檢查。