Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense screens, present participle screening, past tense, past participle screened
1N-COUNT (电视、电脑的)屏幕;(电影的)银幕 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. (电视、电脑的)屏幕;(电影的)银幕
The film-makers will be present at the screenings to introduce their works.
制作人将出席电影放映礼介绍他们的作品。
5N-COUNT 屏风;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. 屏风;隔板
They put a screen in front of me so I couldn't see what was going on.
7VERB 检查,筛查(以确定是否患病) To screen for a disease means to examine people to make sure that they do not have it. 检查,筛查(以确定是否患病) [Also VERB n]
...a quick saliva test that would screen for people at risk of tooth decay. [VERB + for]
能快速核查是否长蛀牙的唾液检验
screening
Britain has an enviable record on breast screening for cancer.
英国妇女的乳腺癌患病率很低,着实令人羡慕。
8VERB 筛选,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. 筛选,甄别(看是否可靠)
They will screen all their candidates. [VERB noun]
他们会对所有求职者进行筛选。
...screening procedures for the regiment. [VERB-ing]
9VERB 对(人、行李)进行安全检查 To screen people or luggage means to check them using special equipment to make sure they are not carrying a weapon or a bomb. 对(人、行李)进行安全检查
The airline had been screening baggage on X-ray machines. [VERB noun]
该航空公司已采用X光机对行李进行安全检查。
10VERB 转接,甄别(来电以决定是否接听) 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. 转接,甄别(来电以决定是否接听)
I employ a secretary to screen my calls. [VERB noun]