film

/film/

Thân thiện

A child carefully peels the clear plastic film from a new book.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • A thin sheet or layer: A very thin, often transparent, layer of material covering a surface or used for wrapping.
   • A story or event recorded for cinema: A story or event recorded as a series of moving pictures to be shown on a screen; a movie.
   • The material used in photography: A roll or sheet of thin plastic coated with a light-sensitive substance, used for taking photographs or making movies.

2. Verb:

   • To record moving pictures: To make a movie of a story, event, etc., using a camera.
   • To cover with a thin layer: To become covered or to cover something with a thin layer.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • There was a fine film of dust on the old books. (A thin layer)
  • Have you seen the new documentary film? (A movie)
  • I need to buy a roll of film for my camera. (Photographic material)

• Verb:

  • They plan to film the concert for a future broadcast. (To record)
  • Tears filmed her eyes as she listened. (To cover with a thin layer)

Advanced Usage

• "On film": Recorded using photographic film or in a movie.

  • The historic moment was captured on film.

• "To film over": (For eyes) to become covered with a thin layer of tears or (for a surface) to become covered with a thin layer, making it unclear.

  • His eyes filmed over with emotion.

Variants and Related Words

• Filmy (adj): Very thin and light, often transparent.

  • She wore a filmy silk scarf.

• Filmmaker (n): A person who directs or produces movies.

• Footage (n): A length of film, especially raw, unedited material.

Synonyms

• Noun (layer): coating, layer, sheet, membrane.
• Noun (movie): movie, motion picture, picture, flick (informal).
• Verb (record): shoot, record, video, capture on camera.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Film over: See "to film over" in Advanced Usage.

Related Idioms

• The silver screen: A term for the cinema or movies.
  • She was a star of the silver screen in the 1950s.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things
2. a thin coating or layer
   • the table was covered with a film of dust
3. photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies
4. a medium that disseminates moving pictures
   • theater pieces transferred to celluloid
   • this story would be good cinema
   • film coverage of sporting events
5. a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
   • they went to a movie every Saturday night
   • the film was shot on location

Verb

1. record in film
   • The coronation was filmed
2. make a film or photograph of something
   • take a scene
   • shoot a movie

Từ đồng nghĩa

• plastic film
• photographic film
• cinema
• celluloid
• shoot
• take