[N-COUNT 可数名词](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.
Estelle kept a photograph of her mother in a silver frame on the kitchen mantelpiece.
埃丝特尔把母亲的一张镶银框的照片挂在厨房壁炉台上。
...a pair of picture frames.
一对画框
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]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.
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.
我们把桌子刷成与卧室窗框一致的颜色。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]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.
[usu pl]
He was wearing new spectacles with gold wire frames.
他戴了一副新的金边眼镜。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](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.
[oft poss N]
Their belts are pulled tight against their bony frames.
他们的腰带紧紧裹着瘦骨嶙峋的身体。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](电影的)画面,镜头 A frame of cinema film is one of the many separate photographs that it consists of.
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。
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[ADJ 形容词](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.
[ADJ n]
[AM 美]
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。
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[VERB 动词]给…加框 When a picture or photograph is framed, it is put in a frame.
[be V-ed]
[V-ed]
[usu passive]
The picture is now ready to be mounted and framed...
这幅画现在可以装裱加框了。
On the wall is a large framed photograph.
墙上挂着一张大幅的镶框照片。
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[VERB 动词]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.
[be V-ed prep]
[usu passive]
The swimming pool is framed by tropical gardens...
泳池周围都是栽种热带花卉的花园。
An elegant occasional table is framed in the window.
一张雅致的供重大活动使用的餐桌被摆放在橱窗里。
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[VERB 动词]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.
[V n]
[WRITTEN 笔语]
After the war, a convention was set up to frame a constitution.
战后,为制定宪法组织了一次会议。
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[VERB 动词]表达;表示 If someone frames something in a particular style or kind of language, they express it in that way.
[be V-ed prep/adv]
[V n n]
[Also V n prep/adv]
The story is framed in a format that is part thriller, part love story...
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.
为了寻求答案,他以 3 种不同方式提出了这个问题。
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[VERB 动词]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.
[V n]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
I need to find out who tried to frame me...
我得找出是谁企图诬陷我。
He claimed that he had been framed by the police.
他声称自己被警察设计陷害了。
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[PHRASE 短语]See also:
cold frame
;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.
We need a win to keep us in the frame for the title.
要想保住夺冠希望,我们还需要再赢一场比赛。
Oxford
frame★/freɪm; NAmEfreɪm/
noun
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verb
frameframesframedframingnoun★ _frame_comp.jpg _frame.jpg border 边框1★[countable ]a strong border or structure of wood, metal, etc. that holds a picture, door, piece of glass, etc. in position (图画、门、玻璃等的)框架◆a picture frame画框◆aluminium window frames铝窗框structure 结构2★[countable ]the supporting structure of a piece of furniture, a building, a vehicle, etc. that gives it its shape (家具、建筑物、车辆等的)构架,支架,骨架◆the frame of an aircraft/a car/a bicycle飞机╱汽车╱自行车构架☞see also
climbing frame
of glasses 眼镜3[countable , usually plural ]a structure of plastic or metal that holds the lensesin a pair of glasses 眼镜框◆gold-rimmed frames金边眼镜框person/animal's body 人╱动物的身体4[countable , usually singular ]the form or structure of a person or animal's body 体形;身材;骨架◆to have a small/slender/large frame小的╱苗条的╱大的体形general ideas 总的思想5[singular ]the general ideas or structure that form the background to sth (构成某事物背景的)总的思想,体系,体制,模式◆In this course we hope to look at literature in the frame of its social and historical context.在本课程中,我们希望从社会和历史背景的整体结构来看文学。☞see also
time frame
of film/movie 电影6[countable ]one of the single photographs that a film or video is made of 镜头;画面of picture story 连环画7[countable ]a single picture in a comic strip(连环漫画中的)一幅画computing 计算机技术8[countable ]one of the separate areas on an Internet page that you can scrollthrough (= read by using the mouse to move the text up or down)帧;页帧(框);图文框in garden 花园9[countable ]=
cold frame
in snooker/bowling 斯诺克;保龄球10[countable ]a single section of play in the game of snooker,etc, or in bowling一轮;一回;一局IDIOMbe in/out of the ˈframebe taking part/not taking part in sth 参加;不参加◆We won our match, so we're still in the frame for the championship.我们赢了比赛,所以仍可参加锦标赛。verb★make border 做边框1★[usually passive ]framesth to put or make a frame or border around sth 给…做框;给…镶边◆The photograph had been framed.照片已镶了框。◆Her blonde hair framed her face.她的金发衬着面庞。◆He stood there, head back, framed against the blue sky.他站在那里,头向后仰,衬托在蓝天下。produce false evidence 作伪证2[usually passive ]framesb (for sth) to produce false evidence against an innocent person so that people think he or she is guilty 作伪证陷害SYN
fit up
◆He says he was framed.他说他是被诬陷的。develop plan/system 拟订计划╱体系3framesth ( formal) to create and develop sth such as a plan, a system or a set of rules 制订;拟订express sth 表达4framesth to express sth in a particular way (以某种方式)表达◆You'll have to be careful how you frame the question.如何提出这个问题,你得慎重。▶framed/; NAmE/adjective( often in compounds 常构成复合词) ◆a framed photograph装在相框里的相片◆a timber-framed house (= with a supporting structure of wood)木结构房屋frame/freɪm; NAmEfreɪm/framed/; NAmE/
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frame1 noun
frame2 verb
frameframe1 /freɪm/ ●●●S3W3 noun
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1frame (1)border [countable] a structure made of wood, metal, plastic etc that surrounds something such as a picture or window, and holds it in place: They removed the picture from its wooden frame.door/window/picture frame2structure [countable] the structure or main supporting parts of a piece of furniture, vehicle, or other object: a bicycle frame the frame of the chair3body [countable] the general shape formed by the bones of someone’s bodylarge/thin/slight etc frame4glasses [countable usually plural] the metal or plastic part of a pair of glasses that holds the lenses5main facts/ideas [countable usually singular] the main ideas, facts etc that something is based on: A clear explanation of the subject provides a frame on which a deeper understanding can be built. Some comments may or may not be understood as harassment, depending on your frame of reference (=knowledge and beliefs that influence the way you think).6be in/out of the frame (for something) to have or not have the chance to take part in somethingSYN be in/out of the running (for something): Liverpool are in the frame for a place in the Cup Final.7film [countable] an area of film that contains one photograph, or one of the series of separate photographs that make up a film or video8sport [countable] a complete part in the games of snooker or bowling: I won the next three frames.9internet [countable] one of the areas into which a webpage is divided →
climbing frame
, cold frame
, → frame of mind
at mind1(15)
frame1 noun
frame2 verb
frameframe2 ●○○ verb [transitive]
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1to surround something with something else so that it looks attractive or can be seen clearly: Sarah’s face was framed by her long dark hair. She stood there, framed against the doorway.2to put a picture in a structure that will hold it firmly: I’m going to get the picture framed. a framed photograph3to deliberately make someone seem guilty of a crime when they are not guilty, by lying to the police or in a court of lawSYN set up: Needham’s lawyers claimed that he had been framed by the police.frame somebody for something The two men were framed for murder.4formal to carefully plan the way you are going to ask a question, make a statement etc: She wondered how she was going to frame the question.5 formal to organize and develop a plan, system etc: Newman played a central role in framing the new law.6gilt-framed/wood-framed etc having a frame or frames of a particular colour or material: wire-framed spectacles
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