Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense screens, present participle screening, past tense, past participle screened
1N-COUNT (電視、電腦的)屏幕;(電影的)銀幕 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. (電視、電腦的)屏幕;(電影的)銀幕
The film-makers will be present at the screenings to introduce their works.
制作人將出席電影放映禮介紹他們的作品。
5N-COUNT 屏風;隔板 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;隔板
They put a screen in front of me so I couldn't see what was going on.
7VERB 檢查,篩查(以確定是否患病) To screen for a disease means to examine people to make sure that they do not have it. 檢查,篩查(以確定是否患病) [Also VERB n]
...a quick saliva test that would screen for people at risk of tooth decay. [VERB + for]
能快速核查是否長蛀牙的唾液檢驗
screening
Britain has an enviable record on breast screening for cancer.
英國婦女的乳腺癌患病率很低,着實令人羨慕。
8VERB 篩選,甄别(看是否可靠) When an organization screens people who apply to join it, it investigates them to make sure that they are not likely to cause problems. 篩選,甄别(看是否可靠)
They will screen all their candidates. [VERB noun]
他們會對所有求職者進行篩選。
...screening procedures for the regiment. [VERB-ing]
9VERB 對(人、行李)進行安全檢查 To screen people or luggage means to check them using special equipment to make sure they are not carrying a weapon or a bomb. 對(人、行李)進行安全檢查
The airline had been screening baggage on X-ray machines. [VERB noun]
該航空公司已采用X光機對行李進行安全檢查。
10VERB 轉接,甄别(來電以決定是否接聽) If you screen your telephone calls, calls made to you are connected to an answering machine or are answered by someone else, so that you can choose whether or not to speak to the people phoning you. 轉接,甄别(來電以決定是否接聽)
I employ a secretary to screen my calls. [VERB noun]