Tra từ screen - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

screen [screen screens screened screening] noun, verb BrE [skriːn] NAmE [skriːn]
noun

OF TV/COMPUTER
1. countable the flat surface at the front of a television, computer, or other electronic device, on which you see pictures or information
•a computer screen
•a monitor with a 21 inch screen
• They were staring at the television screen.
• Move your cursor to the top of the screen.
•the screen display
•Can you do a printout of this screen for me (= of all the information on it)?
see also ↑on-screen

FILMS/MOVIES/TV
2. countable the large flat surface that films/movies or pictures are shown on
•a cinema/movie screen
•an eight-screen cinema
• The movie will be coming to your screens shortly.
3. (often the screen)singular, uncountable films/movies or television in general
• He has adapted the play for the screen.
• Some actors never watch themselves on screen.
•She was a star of stage and screen (= plays and films/movies).
•a screen actor
see also ↑off-screen, ↑silver screen, ↑small screen
4. countable the data or images shown on a computer screen
•Press the F1 key to display a help screen.

PIECE OF FURNITURE
5. countable a vertical piece of furniture or equipment that is fixed or that can be moved to divide a room or to keep one area hidden or separate
• The nurse put a screen around the bed.
• A wooden screen hid one corner of the room.
see also ↑fire screen

FOR HIDING/PROTECTING STH/SB
6. countable ~ (of sth) something that prevents sb from seeing or being aware of sth, or that protects sb/sth
•We planted a screen of tall trees.
•A screen of bodyguards protected the President.
• (figurative)All the research was conducted behind a screen of secrecy.
see also ↑smokescreen, ↑sunscreen, ↑windscreen

ON WINDOW/DOOR
7. countable (especially NAmE)a wire or plastic net that is held in a frame and fastened on a window, or a door, to let in air but keep out insects
•Do you have screens on your windows?
•screen doors

IN CHURCH
8. countable a wood or stone structure in a church, that partly separates the main area from the ↑altar or ↑choir
see below/under the radar (screen)on/off the radar (screen) at ↑radar

Word Origin:
Middle English: shortening of Old Northern French escren, of Germanic origin.

Example Bank:
•De Niro is only given a few minutes of screen time.
•Henry James's novel was brought to the screen by director James Ivory.
•His desk was discreetly placed behind a screen.
•I sat gazing at the blank screen, trying to think of something to write.
•Information can be viewed on screen or printed out.
•Marilyn Monroe's first screen appearance
•Neil Simon's screen adaptation of his hit stage play
•She appears regularly on the small screen.
•She is remembered mainly for her performances on screen.
•She shares the screen with Nicole Kidman.
•The film features screen legends James Stewart and Grace Kelly.
•The image came up on the screen for a few seconds.
•The room was divided by a folding screen.
•The screen flickered, and then everything went dark.
•The screen suddenly went black.
•The star's face filled the screen.
•There is a screen between the two beds.
•They play deadly rivals in the show but they are good friends off screen.
•a flat-screen TV
•big screen entertainment
•stars of stage and screen
•the greatest comic actor ever to grace a movie screen
•He put the fire screen in front of the dying embers of the fire and left the room.
•screen windows/doors
Derived: ↑screen somebody out ▪ ↑screen something off ▪ ↑screen something out

verb

HIDE STH/SB
1. ~ sth/sb (from sth/sb) to hide or protect sth/sb by placing sth in front of or around them
Syn: ↑shield
•Dark glasses screened his eyes from the sun.
•She was driven away from the court, her face screened by a magazine.

PROTECT SB
2. ~ sb from sb/sth to protect sb from sth dangerous or unpleasant, especially to protect sb who has done sth illegal or dishonest
Syn: ↑shield

FOR DISEASE
3. often passive ~ sb (for sth) to examine people in order to find out if they have a particular disease or illness
•Men over 55 should be regularly screened for prostate cancer.

CHECK
4. ~ sb (of a company, an organization, etc.)to find out information about people who work or who want to work for you in order to make sure that they can be trusted
•Government employees may be screened by the security services.
5. ~ sth to check sth to see if it is suitable or if you want it
•I use my voicemail to screen my phone calls.

SHOW FILM/MOVIE/PROGRAMME
6. usually passive ~ sth to show a film/movie, etc. in a cinema/movie theater or on television
•a list of films to be screened as part of the festival
•The fight was screened live all over the world.
•The second episode will be screened at the same time tomorrow.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English: shortening of Old Northern French escren, of Germanic origin.

Collocations:
Television
Watching
watch television/TV/a show/(BrE) a programme/(NAmE) a program/a documentary/a pilot/a rerun/a repeat
see (especially BrE) an ad/(especially NAmE) a commercial/the news/the weather
catch/miss a show/a programme/a program/an episode/the news
pick up/reach for/grab the remote (control)
change/switch channel
surf (through)/ (especially NAmE) flip through/ (especially BrE) flick through the channels
sit in front of/switch on/switch off/turn on/turn off the television/the TV/the TV set
have/install satellite (TV)/cable (TV)/a satellite dish
Showing
show a programme/a documentary/an ad/a commercial
screen a programme/a documentary
run an ad/a commercial
broadcast/ (especially NAmE) air/repeat a show/a programme/a documentary/an episode/a series
go out/air/be recorded live
attract/draw (in)/pull (in) viewers
be a hit with viewers/audiences/critics
get (low/high) ratings
Appearing
be on/appear on television/TV/a TV show
take part in a phone-in/a game show/a quiz show/a reality TV show
host a show/a programme/series/a game show/a quiz show/a talk show/(BrE) a chat show
be/become/work as a (BrE) TV presenter/talk-show host/sports commentator/anchorman/(BrE) newsreader
read/present the news
appear/perform live (on TV)
Programme-making
do/film/make a show/a programme/a documentary/an episode/a pilot/a series/an ad/a commercial
work on a soap (opera)/a pilot (episode)/a sitcom
write/produce a drama/sitcom/spin-off/comedy series

Example Bank:
•All foster parents are carefully screened.
•All pregnant women are to be screened for the infection.
•One part of the room was screened off.
•The building is completely screened from the road by high bushes.
•The programme will be screened live on BBC1.
•The shed is neatly screened by a hedge.
•10% of the patients screened were found to have tuberculosis.
•A wide range of government activities were screened from public view.