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screen [skriːn] n 1. a light movable frame, panel, or partition serving to shelter, divide, hide, etc. 2. anything that serves to shelter, protect, or conceal 3. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a frame containing a mesh that is placed over a window or opening to keep out insects 4. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a decorated partition, esp in a church around the choir See also rood [1] 5. a sieve 6. a system for selecting people, such as candidates for a job 7. (Electronics) the wide end of a cathode-ray tube, esp in a television set, on which a visible image is formed 8. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) a white or silvered surface, usually fabric, placed in front of a projector to receive the enlarged image of a film or of slides (Performing Arts) the screen the film industry or films collectively 10. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) Photog a plate of ground glass in some types of camera on which the image of a subject is focused before being photographed 11. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) Printing a glass marked with fine intersecting lines, used in a camera for making half-tone reproductions 12. (Military) men or ships deployed around and ahead of a larger military formation to warn of attack or protect from a specific threat 13. (General Sporting Terms) Sport chiefly US and Canadian a tactical ploy in which a player blocks an opponent's view 14. (Psychoanalysis) Psychoanal anything that prevents a person from realizing his true feelings about someone or something 15. (Electronics) Electronics See screen grid vb (tr) 1. (sometimes foll by off) to shelter, protect, or conceal 2. to sieve or sort 3. to test or check (an individual or group) so as to determine suitability for a task, etc. 4. to examine for the presence of a disease, weapons, etc. the authorities screened five hundred cholera suspects 5. to provide with a screen or screens 6. (Performing Arts) to project (a film) onto a screen, esp for public viewing 7. (Performing Arts) (Communication Arts / Broadcasting) (intr) to be shown at a cinema or on the television 8. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) Printing to photograph (a picture) through a screen to render it suitable for half-tone reproduction 9. (General Sporting Terms) Sport chiefly US and Canadian to block the view of (an opposing player) [from Old French escren (French écran); related to Old High German skrank, German Schrank cupboard] screenable adj screener n screenful n screenlike adj
Screen a line or belt of trees; the cinema and its films, collectively, 1928; a small body of troops detached to cover the movements of other soldiers. Examples: screen of oak and sycamore trees, 1894; of privet, beech, holly and yew, 1882; of troops, 1894. 1. An arrangement of ships, aircraft and/or submarines to protect a main body or convoy. 2. In cartography, a sheet of transparent film, glass, or plastic carrying a "ruling" or other regularly repeated pattern which may be used in conjunction with a mask, either photographically or photomechanically, to produce areas of the pattern. 3. In surveillance, camouflage and concealment, any natural or artificial material, opaque to surveillance sensor(s), interposed between the sensor(s) and the object to be camouflaged or concealed. See also concealment. 4. A security element whose primary task is to observe, identify, and report information, and which only fights in self-protection. See also flank guard; guard. 5. (DOD only) A task to maintain surveillance; provide early warning to the main body; or impede, destroy, and harass enemy reconnaissance within its capability without becoming decisively engaged. See also security operations. ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
screen noun verb 1. broadcast, show, put on, present, air, cable, beam, transmit, relay, televise, put on the air The series is likely to be screened in Janauary. 2. cover, hide, conceal, shade, mask, disguise, veil, cloak, shroud, camouflage, shut out The road is screened by a block of flats. 3. investigate, test, check, examine, scan They need to screen everyone at risk of contracting the illness. 4. process, sort, examine, grade, filter, scan, evaluate, gauge, sift It was their job to screen information for their bosses. 5. vet, assess, evaluate, check out, scrutinize, check up on, test They carefully screen all their candidates. Translations screen [skriːn] A. N 1. (= physical barrier) (in room) → biombo m; (on window, door, to keep out mosquitos) → mosquitera f; (for fire) → pantalla f; (in front of VDU) → filtro m 2. (Cine, TV, Radar, Comput) [of television, computer, in cinema, for slides] → pantalla f radar screen → pantalla f de radar she was the ideal mother, both on and off screen → era la madre ideal, tanto dentro como fuera de la pantalla to write for the screen → escribir para el cine stars of the screen → estrellas fpl de la pantalla, estrellas fpl de cine the big/small screen → la pantalla grande/pequeña 4. (Mil) → cortina f B. VT 1. to screen (from) (= hide) (from view, sight) → ocultar or tapar(de); (= protect) → proteger(de) the house is screened (from view) by trees → la casa queda oculta detrás de los árboles he screened his eyes with his hand → se puso la mano sobre los ojos a modo de pantalla in order to screen our movements from the enemy → para impedir que el enemigo pudiera ver nuestros movimientos 2. (= show) [+ film] → proyectar; [+ TV programme] → emitir; (for the first time) → estrenar; [+ novel etc] → adaptar para el cine, hacer una versión cinematográfica de 3. (= sieve) [+ coal] → tamizar 4. (for security) [+ suspect, applicant] → investigar he was screened by Security → Seguridad le investigó, estuvo sometido a investigaciones de Seguridad 5. (Med) to screen sb for sth → hacer una exploración a algn buscando algo 6. [+ telephone calls] → filtrar C. CPD screen actor N → actor m de cine screen actress N → actriz f de cine screen door N → puerta f con mosquitera screen editing N (Comput) → corrección f en pantalla screen memory N (Comput) → memoria f de la pantalla screen rights NPL → derechos mpl cinematográficos screen saver N → salvapantallas m inv screen test N → prueba f cinematográfica screen writer N → guionista mf screen off VT + ADV → tapar screen [ˈskriːn] n [TV, computer, cinema] → écran m TV screen → écran de télé computer screen → écran d'ordinateur radar screen → écran radar on screen [computer] → à l'écran; (on TV, in films) → à l'écran on screen and off → à l'écran et à la ville stars of stage and screen → les vedettes de la scène et de l'écran big screen, small screen (in room) → paravent m The dining area is separated off by a folding screen → Le coin salle à manger est isolé par un paravent. (= protective panel) (in front of fire) → pare-feu m; (over window) → moustiquaire f modif [actor] → de cinéma; [adaptation, appearance, debut, kiss, presence] → à l'écran screen display, screen goddess, screen legend, screen dump vt (= hide) → masquer (= protect) → protéger I moved in front of her trying to screen her → Je me suis placé devant elle, essayant de la masquer. The house is screened from the road by high hedges → La maison est protégée de la route par de hautes haies. She screened her eyes from the wind → Elle se protégea les yeux du vent. (= vet) [+ candidates, employees] → contrôler (at airport) [+ luggage, passengers] → contrôler [+ telephone calls] → filtrer screen off vt sep [+ part of room, bed] → séparer du reste de la pièce par un paraventscreen out vt sep [+ applicants, candidates] → écarter (= block) [+ ultraviolet rays, sunlight] → empêcher de passer screen display n (COMPUTING) → affichage m à l'écran screen door n → porte f moustiquaire screen dump n (COMPUTING) → impression f d'écran screen editing n (COMPUTING) → édition f sur écran, correction f sur écran screen n (protective) → Schirm m; (for privacy etc) → Wandschirm m; (as partition) → Trennwand f; (against insects) → Fliegenfenster nt; (against light) → Verdunklungsschutz m; (fig, for protection) → Schutz m; (of trees) → Wand f; (of mist, secrecy) → Schleier m; (of indifference) → Mauer f; screen of smoke → Rauchschleier m, → Nebelwand f; protected by a screen of destroyers → durch eine Zerstörerflotte geschützt (Film) → Leinwand f; (TV: = radar screen) → (Bild)schirm m; stars of the screen → Filmstars pl; to write for the screen → für den Film/das Fernsehen schreiben; they are married off screen as well as on → sie sind nicht nur im Film, sondern auch in Wirklichkeit or im wirklichen Leben verheiratet; the big screen → die Leinwand; the small screen → die Mattscheibe (Comput) → Bildschirm m; on screen → auf Bildschirm (dat); to edit/work on screen → am Bildschirm editieren/arbeiten; to move forward a screen → einen Bildschirm vorrücken (= sieve) → (Gitter)sieb nt (in church) → Lettner m (Cricket) = sightscreen vt (= hide) → verdecken; (= protect) → abschirmen; (fig) → schützen (→ from vor +dat), → abschirmen (from gegen); to screen the windows (with screen) → einen Schirm vor die Fenster stellen; (with fabric) → die Fenster verhängen; (against light) → die Fenster verdunkeln; (against insects) → Fliegenfenster an den Fenstern anbringen; to screen something from the enemy → etw vor dem Feind tarnen or verbergen; he screened his eyes from the sun → er schützte die Augen vor der Sonne TV programme → senden; film → vorführen; they gave permission for the conference to be screened → sie genehmigten die Vorführung der Filmaufzeichnungen von der Konferenz (= sift) → sieben screen: screen actor n → Filmschauspieler m screen actress n → Filmschauspielerin f screen filter n → Bildschirmfilter m screen: screen junkie n (inf) → Bildschirmjunkie m (inf) screen memory n (Psych) → Deckerinnerung f screen name n (Internet) → Nickname m screenplay n → Drehbuch nt screenprint n → Siebdruck m vt → im Siebdruckverfahren drucken screen-printing n → Siebdruck m, → Siebdruckverfahren nt screensaver n (Comput) → Bildschirmschoner m screen test n → Probeaufnahmen pl screen-test vt → Probeaufnahmen machen von screenwriter n → Drehbuchautor(in) m(f) screenwriting screen [skriːn] 1. n 2. vt a. to screen (from) (hide, from view, sight) → nascondere (da); (protect) → schermire (da), riparare (da) he screened his eyes (from the sun) with his hand → si schermiva gli occhi (dal sole) con la mano b. (TV) (film, programme) → mandare in onda (Cine) (film) → dare al cinema his earlier films were only screened in France → i suoi primi film sono usciti solo in Francia c. (sieve, coal) → setacciare (fig) (person, for security) → passare al vaglio; (for job) → selezionare; (for illness) → fare uno screening n screen [skriːn] 1 a flat, movable, often folding, covered framework for preventing a person etc from being seen, for decoration, or for protection from heat, cold etc Screens were put round the patient's bed; a tapestry fire-screen. skerm سِتار параван plenta, zástěna skærm; -skærm der Wandschirm παραπέτασμα, χώρισμα, παραβάν biombo sirm پرده؛حفاظ irtoseinä paravent מְחִיצָה परदा zavjesa, zastor spanyolfal; ellenző; válaszfal layar færanlegt skilrúm paravento つい立て 가리개 pertvara, širma aizslietnis skrin scherm skjerm(brett) parawan, zasłona biombo paravan ширма, экран záves, plenta, zástena zaslon, španska stena paravan skärm ฉากกั้น; ที่กำบัง paravana, bölme 屏風,簾幕,隔板 ширма; екран ہوا، روشنی وغیرہ سے حفاظت کے لئے کھینچا جانے والا پردہ bình phong 屏,银幕 2 anything that so protects etc a person etc He hid behind the screen of bushes; a smokescreen. skerm حاجِز прикритие clona skærm; -skærm; slør; -slør der Schutz προπέτασμα pantalla, cortina vari حفاظ suoja, verho écran מְחִיצָה आड़ zaklon, zaštita függöny tabir hlíf, hula, e-ð sem skÿlir/hylur schermo, riparo しゃへい物 방호물 uždanga, priedanga aizsegs lindungan scherm skjerm zasłona cortina ecran прикрытие, заслон; завеса clona zaslon zavesa ridå, mur อะไรก็ตามที่เราใช้เป็นฉากกำบังหรือฉากกั้น perde, örtü 掩護物 прикриття; завіса ایسی کوئی بھی چیز جو حفاظت کرے màn, tấm chắn 掩蔽物 3 the surface on which films or television pictures appear cinema/television/radar screen. skerm شاشَه екран plátno, obrazovka lærred der Bildschirm, die Leinwand οθόνη pantalla ekraan پرده سينما؛صثحه تلويزيون valkokangas, kuvaruutu écran מָסָך चित्रपट zaslon, ekran vetítővászon; (kép)ernyő layar hvíta tjaldið; skjár schermo 画面 영사막 ekranas ekrāns skrin doek, scherm skjerm, filmlerret ekran écran ecran экран plátno, obrazovka zaslon ekran duk, skärm ฉากหรือจอ perde, ekran 螢光幕 екран ٹیلیوزن یا سنیما کا پردہ màn ảnh, màn hình 荧光屏 v 1 to hide, protect or shelter The tall grass screened him from view. versteek يَحْجِب скривам skrýt afskærme; dække abschirmen κρύβω,προστατεύω ocultar, tapar, proteger varjama پنهان كردن suojata cacher; abriter לְהַסתִיר आड़ देना zaštititi, zaklanjati elrejt menyembunyikan skÿla, fela nascondere; riparare かくまう 가리다 uždengti, paslėpti aizsegt; paslēpt melindungi beschermen (av)skjerme, beskytte zasłaniać esconder a ascunde, a masca прикрывать, укрывать skryť, chrániť (pred) zastirati zakloniti skydda, skyla, dölja ซ่อนหรือคุ้มครอง perdelemek 遮蔽,掩護,包庇 прикривати; захищати چھپنا، بچنا، یا پناہ لینا che chắn, giấu 掩蔽 2 to make or show a cinema film. verfilm يَعْرِضُ فِلما على الشّاشَه филмирам (na)filmovat; promítat optage; vise verfilmen προβάλλω σε οθόνη estrenar, proyectar filmima, linastama نشان دادن بروي پرده esittää, filmata porter à l'écran; projeter לְהַקרִין छिपाना prikazati film vetít mempertunjukkan sÿna/gera kvikmynd proiettare 映写する 상영하다 sukti/rodyti filmą uzņemt/demonstrēt filmu menayangkan vertonen filmatisere; vise på lerret wyświetlać projectar a proiecta; a prezenta pe ecran показывать фильм (na)filmovať; premietať posneti; prikazati (film) prikazivati filma, spela in, visa på bio (i tv) ฉายหนัง göstermek, oynatmak 製作或放映電影 демонструвати на екрані سنیما کا مظاہرہ chiếu 放映 3 to test for loyalty, reliability etc. keur, beoordeel يَفْحَص أوراق الشَّخْص، يَمْتَحِن إخلاص проучвам prověřit checke; screene überprüfen περνώ από κόσκινο investigar järele kontrollima آزمایش کردن tutkia passer au crible לִבדוֹק जांचना testirati povjerenje, pouzdanost priorál menguji, menyaring yfirheyra vagliare 審査する 선별하다 tikrinti lojalumą/tinkamumą pārbaudīt uzticamību menapis onderzoeken sile, skille ut sprawdzać lojalność, `prześwietlić investigar a testa проверять на благонадёжность (pre)skúmať, skontrolovať zaslišati testirati undersöka, testa, skaffa upplysningar om ทดสอบความซื่อสัตย์; ลองใจ sınamak 審查,甄選 проводити перевірку політичної благонадійності اعتماد اور بھروسے کی جانچ nghiên cứu và thẩm tra lí lịch 审查 4 to test for a disease Women should be regularly screened for cancer. toets يَفْحَص لِمَعْرِفَة المَرَض преглеждам vyšetřit undersøge; screene überprüfen εξετάζω examinar arstlikku läbivaatust tegema بررسي كردن tutkia examiner לִבדוֹק प्रदर्शित करना testirati na bolest szűr memberi tes kanna, prófa (sottoporre a esame) 検査する 의료검진 mediciniškai tikrinti veikt medicīnisko apskati memeriksa onderzoeken gjennomlyse; undersøke badać investigar a consulta проверять(ся) vyšetriť pregledati testirati undersöka ทดสอบผู้คนเพื่อให้แน่ใจว่าไม่ได้เป็นโรคอย่างหนึ่งโดยเฉพาะ taramak 篩檢(有無某種疾病) обстежувати, перевіряти مرض کی جانچ thử nghiệm ai/cái gì 检查(疾病) n screenplay the script of a film. draaiboek نَص الفِلْم، مَخْطوطَة الفِلْم сценарий scénář drejebog das Fernsehspiel σενάριο guión käsikiri فيلمنامه käsikirjoitus scénario תַּסרִיט फिल्म, नाटक scenarij forgatókönyv naskah film kvikmyndahandrit sceneggiatura 映画脚本 영화의 시나리오 scenarijus scenārijs skrip filem scenario filmmanuskript scenariusz roteiro scenariu сценарий scenár scenarij scenario filmmanuskript บทภาพยนตร์ senaryo, film metni 電影劇本 сценарій کسی فلم کا منظر نامہ kịch bản 电影剧本 also adj the screen screen actors. die kassie, die groot skerm السّينما кино film(ový) film; film- der Film, Film-... μεγάλη ή μικρή οθόνη pantalla ekraan, film(id) صنعت فيلم و سينما valkokangas (de l')écran מָסָך film u kinu ili na televiziji film(szakma) film hvíta tjaldið; kvikmynda- lo schermo 映画 영화 ekranas, kinas, televizija kino filem witte doek, scherm den hvite duken, film(en); film- ekran filmowy cinema de cinema) кино film; filmový film platno vita duken, tv-rutan ภาพยนตร์ film 電視劇,電影 кіно سنیما یا ٹیلیوزن phim ảnh 电视剧(或故事片) screen → شاشة تليفزيون, يَعْرِض على شاشة obrazovka, ochránit skærm, vise abschirmen, Bildschirm αποκρύπτω, οθόνη pantalla, tapar kuvaruutu, suojata écran, protéger ekran, zakloniti schermo, selezionare スクリーン, 立ち込める 가리다, 화면 scherm, screenen skjerm, sortere ekran, osłonić ecrã, proteger, tela прикрывать, ширма avskärma, skärm จอภาพ เช่นจอภาพยนต์ จอทีวี, หลบ กำบัง ป้องกัน ปกปิดเหมือนกับมีฉากกัน ekran, paravana ile ayırmak bảo vệ bằng màn, màn hình 上映, 屏幕 Want to thank TFD for its existence? 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