[mass noun]a thin flexible strip of plastic or other material coated with light-sensitive emulsion for exposure in a camera, used to produce photographs or motion pictures (电影或照相)胶片,胶卷 he had already shot a whole roll of film. 他已经拍了一整卷胶卷了。 [count noun]a new range of films and cameras. 一套新的胶卷和摄影机。 ■material in the form of a very thin flexible sheet 软片;薄膜 clear plastic film between the layers of glass. 两层玻璃之间的透明塑料薄膜。 ■[count noun]a thin layer covering a surface 薄薄的一层 she quickly wiped away the light film of sweat. 她迅速擦去了那层薄汗。 ■(archaic)a fine thread or filament (古)细纹;细丝 films of silk. 细丝线。
a story or event recorded by a camera as a set of moving images and shown in a cinema or on television 电影;影片 a horror film. 恐怖片。 [as modifier]a film director. 电影导演。 ■[mass noun]cinema considered as an art or industry 电影艺术;电影业 a critical overview of feminist writing on film. 对女权主义影评的批判性综述。
verb
[with obj.]capture on film as part of a series of moving images; make a film of (a story or event) 拍摄;把(故事,事件)拍成影片 she glowered at the television crew who were filming them. 她怒视着正在拍他们的电视工作人员。 ■make a cinema or television film of (a book) 把(书)拍成影片(或电视片) ■[no obj.](film well/badly)be well or badly suited to portrayal in a film (不)适于拍成电影;(不)上镜 an adventure story which would film well. 适于搬上银幕的冒险故事。
[no obj.]become or appear to become covered with a thin layer of something 变得朦胧 his eyes had filmed over. 他的眼睛变得朦胧起来。
语源
Old English filmen 'membrane', of West Germanic origin; related to fell