新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

screenIELTS重点词汇

英 [skriːn]

[NOUN, VERB]

词汇频率：

NOUN. 名词

screens
1. [SING 单数型名词] （电视、电脑、影院等的）屏幕
A screen is a flat vertical surface on which pictures or words are shown. Television sets and computers have screens, and films are shown on a screen in cinemas.
2. [SING 单数型名词] 影视
You can refer to films or television as the screen.
双语例句
例：
Many viewers have strong opinions about violence on the screen.
许多观众对影视暴力有强烈意见。
3. [C 可数名词] 屏风
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.
双语例句
例：
They put a screen in front of me so I couldn't see what was going on.
他们在我面前放置了一扇屏风，因此我看不见发生了什么。

VERB. 动词

screens , screening , screened
1. [I 不及物动词] 上映（影片） , 播放（电视节目）
When a film or a television programme is screened, it is shown in the cinema or broadcast on television.
双语例句
例：
The series is likely to be screened in January.
这部系列剧可能在1月份播放。
2. [T 及物动词] 屏蔽 , 遮挡
If something is screened by another thing, it is behind it and hidden by it.
双语例句
例：
Most of the road behind the hotel was screened by an apartment block.
旅馆后面那条路的大部分都被一排公寓楼挡住了。
3. [I 不及物动词] （为确定是否患有某病而）做检查
To screen for a disease means to examine people to make sure that they do not have it.
近义词
check , examine
双语例句
例：
a quick saliva test that would screen for people at risk of tooth decay.
一项能快速查出是否有患蛀牙的唾液化验。
例：
Men over 50 are routinely screened for prostate abnormalities.
五十岁以上的男性定期做前列腺的筛检。
4. [T 及物动词] 审查（申请加入者）
When an organization screens people who apply to join it, it investigates them to make sure that they are not likely to cause problems.
双语例句
例：
They will screen all their candidates.
他们将审查所有的求职者。
5. [T 及物动词] （为确保没有携带武器等而）检查（人、行李）
To screen people or luggage means to check them using special equipment to make sure they are not carrying a weapon or a bomb.
双语例句
例：
The airline had not been searching unaccompanied baggage by hand, but only screening it on X-ray machines.
这家航空公司对非随身行李一直没有手工检查，只是在X光机上检查。