Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense frames, present participle framing, past tense, past participle framed
1N-COUNT (尤指挂在墙上展示的)画框,镜框 The frame of a picture or mirror is the wood, metal, or plastic that is fitted around it, especially when it is displayed or hung on a wall. (尤指挂在墙上展示的)画框,镜框
Estelle kept a photograph of her mother in a silver frame on the kitchen mantelpiece.
2N-COUNT 框;架;骨架;框架 The frame of an object such as a building, chair, or window is the arrangement of wooden, metal, or plastic bars between which other material is fitted, and which give the object its strength and shape. 框;架;骨架;框架
He supplied housebuilders with modern timber frames.
他给房屋建筑商提供了现代的木构架。
With difficulty he released the mattress from the metal frame, and groped beneath it.
他费了很大力气才把床垫从金属架上移开,然后在下面摸索。
We painted our table to match the window frame in the bedroom.
3N-COUNT [usually plural]眼镜框;眼镜架 The frames of a pair of glasses are all the metal or plastic parts of it, but not the lenses. 眼镜框;眼镜架
He was wearing new spectacles with gold wire frames.
他戴了一副新的金边眼镜。
4N-COUNT [oft poss NOUN](人体的)骨架;(尤指)体形,体态 You can refer to someone's body as their frame, especially when you are describing the general shape of their body. (人体的)骨架;(尤指)体形,体态
Their belts are pulled tight against their bony frames.
5N-COUNT (电影的)画面,镜头 A frame of cinema film is one of the many separate photographs that it consists of. (电影的)画面,镜头
Standard 8mm projects at 16 frames per second.
标准的 8 毫米的胶片每秒放映16 组镜头。
6ADJ [ADJ n](建筑)木制的,木结构的 A frame building is one in which pieces of wood form the most important part of the structure, rather than bricks or stone. (建筑)木制的,木结构的 [US]
He lives in a white-painted frame house behind a picket fence up in Connecticut.
他住在康涅狄格州北部一个漆成白色的木制房子里,屋子前面竖着尖桩篱栅。
7VERB [usually passive]给…加框 When a picture or photograph is framed, it is put in a frame. 给…加框
The picture is now ready to be mounted and framed. [beVERB-ed]
这幅画现在可以装裱加框了。
On the wall is a large framed photograph. [VERB-ed]
8VERB [usually passive]给…镶边;给…做框 If an object is framed by a particular thing, it is surrounded by that thing in a way that makes the object more striking or attractive to look at. 给…镶边;给…做框
The swimming pool is framed by tropical gardens. [beVERB-ed prep.]
泳池周围都是栽种热带花卉的花园。
An elegant occasional table is framed in the window. [beVERB-ed prep.]
9VERB 创设,拟定,制定(规则、计划或体系) If someone frames something such as a set of rules, a plan, or a system, they create and develop it. 创设,拟定,制定(规则、计划或体系) [written]
After the war, a convention was set up to frame a constitution. [VERB noun]
10VERB 表达;表示 If someone frames something in a particular style or kind of language, they express it in that way. 表达;表示 [Also VERB n preposition/adverb]
The story is framed in a format that is part thriller, part love story. [beVERB-ed prep./adv.]
情节的展开模式既像惊险小说,又像爱情故事。
He framed this question three different ways in search of an answer. [VERB noun noun]
11VERB 作伪证;陷害;诬陷 If someone frames an innocent person, they make other people think that that person is guilty of a crime, by lying or inventing evidence. 作伪证;陷害;诬陷 [informal]
I need to find out who tried to frame me. [VERB noun]
我得找出是谁企图诬陷我。
He claimed that he had been framed by the police. [VERB noun]
他声称自己被警察设计陷害了。
SYN falsely incriminate, set up [informal], fit up [slang]
12PHRASE 在…考虑范围内;有机会成为… If someone is in the framefor something such as a job or position, they are being considered for it. 在…考虑范围内;有机会成为…
We need a win to keep us in the frame for the title.
frame ♦︎ hull ♦︎ body ♦︎ fuselage ♦︎ chassis ♦︎ shell ♦︎ bodyworkThese are all words for the basic structure of a vehicle or building, which supports the rest of it.这些词均表示交通工具或建筑物的主体、框架、支架。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆the frame / body / chassis / shell / bodywork of a car◆the frame / body / fuselage of a / an aircraft / plane◆the frame / hull of a ship◆(a) metal / steel frame / hull / body / chassis / shell / bodywork◆a wooden frame / hull / body◆a concrete frame / shell■frame [countable] the supporting structure of a piece of furniture, a building or a vehicle that gives it its shape(家具、建筑物或交通工具的)构架,支架,骨架◆a bicycle frame自行车构架◆The bed frame is made of pine.床架是用松木做的。■hull [countable] the main, bottom part of a ship, which goes in the water船身;船体◆They climbed onto the upturned hull and waited to be rescued.他们爬上了倾覆的船体,等候救援。■body [countable, singular] the main part of sth, especially a vehicle(尤指交通工具的)主体◆The new car body weighed 9.55 tonnes.新车身重9.55吨。◆Although parts were scattered over the surrounding fields, the main body of the plane had landed in one piece.虽然飞机的各部分散落在周围的田地,但机身主体落地后是完整的。■fuselage ˈfjuːzəlɑːʒ; NAmEˈfjuːsəlɑːʒ [countable] (formalortechnical术语) the main part of an aircraft in which passengers and goods are carried(飞机的)机身◆Repairs to the fuselage are almost complete.对飞机机身的维修快要完工了。■chassisˈʃæsi (pluralchassis ˈʃæsiz ) [countable] the frame that a vehicle is built on(车辆的)底盘,底座,底架◆The company makes chassis for motorhomes, ambulances and other large vehicles.该公司生产野营车、救护车和其他大型车辆的底盘。ⓘ A chassis can also be the outside structure of a piece of computer equipment. * chassis亦可指计算机设备的机箱◆a computer / printer chassis电脑/打印机机箱■shell [countable] the walls or outer structure of sth, for example an empty building after a fire or a bomb attack; any structure that forms a hard outer frame(房屋等的)骨架,框架,壳体;(任何物体的)外壳◆The fire reduced the school to a hollow shell.学校烧得只剩个空骨架了。◆the body shell of a car车身外壳■bodyworkˈbɒdiwɜːk; NAmEˈbɑːdiwɜːrk [uncountable] the main outside structure of a vehicle, usually made of painted metal车壳,车身(材料通常为喷漆金属)◆The car had damaged bodywork but a very good engine.这辆车外壳受损,但发动机状况良好。