| [/skriːn; skrin/] n 用法:
1 [C] upright, fixed or movable, sometimes folding framework used for dividing a room, concealing sth, protecting sb from excessive heat, light, etc 隔板; 屏; 幕; 帘; 帐:
a screen in front of the fire 炉前的隔板 *
get undressed behind a screen 在屏风後脱衣服. 用法:
2 [C] anything that conceals sb or sth or gives protection, eg from the weather 掩蔽物:
a screen of trees, eg hiding a house from a road 树林形成的屏障 *
use the blanket as a screen to keep the wind off 用毯子挡风 *
a `sunscreen, ie used to protect the skin from harmful rays from the sun 防晒剂（保护皮肤用的） *
He was using his business activities as a screen for crime. 他用生意活动作掩护干著犯罪的勾当. 用法:
3 [C] (esp in old churches) wood or stone structure that partially separates the main part of a church from the altar, or the nave of a cathedral from the choir （尤指旧教堂的）圣坛屏幕, 唱诗班屏幕. =>illus at App 1 见附录1插图, page viii. 用法:
4 (a) [C] blank surface onto which still pictures or films are projected 银幕. =>illus 见插图.(b) [C] blank surface, esp on a TV or computer monitor, on which pictures or data are shown 屏幕, 荧光屏, 荧屏（尤指电视机或计算机的）.
(C) (often 常作 the screen) [sing] the film industry or cinema films 电影业; 电影界; 电影:
write for the screen, ie write the dialogue for films 为电影写对白 *
a star of stage and screen, ie appearing in plays and films 戏剧兼电影明星 *
I work for both the big and the small screen, ie for both films and TV. 我从事影视工作. *
[attrib 作定语] a screen actor, performance, writer 电影的演员、 上演、 脚本作者.
(d) [C] cinema, esp one that is part of a complex of cinemas 电影院（尤指影院集中区的）:
Two smaller screens will be opening in May. 五月份将有两家小型电影院开业. 用法:
5 [C] frame with fine wire netting to keep out flies, mosquitoes, etc 纱门、 纱窗等:
a `door-screen 纱门 *
a `window-screen 纱窗. 用法:
6 [C] large sieve or riddle used for separating coal, gravel, etc into different sizes by passing it through holes of different sizes （筛煤、 砾石等的）筛子. 用法:
7 [C] = sight-screen (sight1). 用法:
8 (idm 习语) the silver screen => silver. screen 2
v 用法:
1 [Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p] ~ sth/sb (off) (from sth/sb); ~ sth/sb (against sth) conceal, protect or shelter sth/sb with a screen （用隔板、 屏、 幕等）隐藏、 掩护或遮蔽某物[某人]:
The bushes will screen us while we change. 我们用灌木丛遮挡著换衣服. *
The trees screen the house from view. 有这些树隔著看不见那所房子. *
The camera lens must be screened from direct sunlight. 照相机的镜头不可受到阳光的直射. *
The wall screens us against the wind. 这堵墙能给我们挡风. *
A bookcase screens off part of the room. 有个书柜把房间隔开了一部分. 用法:
2 [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sb (from sth/sb) (fig 比喻) protect sb (from blame, punishment, etc) 保护某人（不受责备、 惩罚等）; 包庇; 袒护:
Everyone's angry with you, and I can't screen you (from their anger). 大家都生你的气, 我无法护著你. *
You can't screen your children from real life for ever. 不能总护著孩子不让他们接触实际生活. 用法:
3 Tn] pass (coal, gravel, etc) through a screen(6) 筛（煤、 砾石等）. 用法:
4 [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sb/sth (for sth) examine or test sb/sth to find out if there is any disease, defect, etc 检查或测试某人[某事物]（有无疾病、 缺陷等）:
screen women for breast cancer 检查女子是否患有乳腺癌 *
The applications were carefully screened in case any of them contained false information.仔细审查了所有的申请资料以防弄虚作假. *
Government employees are often screened by the security services, ie Their past history is checked, to ensure that they are not likely to be disloyal or subversive. 政府雇员经常受到保安部门审查. 用法:
5 [Tn] show (a film, scene, etc) on a screen(4a) 放映（影片、 片段等）:
The film has been screened in the cinema and on TV. 这部电影已在电影院及电视上放映. screening n showing of a film, TV programme, etc （电影、 电视等的）放映:
the film's first screening in this country 该影片在本国之首映. |