film
US: /ˈfɪɫm/
UK: /fˈɪlm/
UK: /fˈɪlm/
English Vietnamese dictionary
film /film/
- danh từ
- màng; mảng thuốc (trên phim ảnh, trên giấy ảnh...)
- phim, phim ảnh, phim xi nê
- (the films) buổi chiếu bóng
- vảy cá (mắt)
- màn sương mỏng
- sợi nhỏ, tơ nhỏ (của mạng nhện)
- ngoại động từ
- phủ một lớp màng, che bằng một lớp màng
- che đi, làm mờ đi
- quay thành phim
- to film one of Shakespeare's plays: quay một trong những vở kịch của Sếch-xpia thành phim
- nội động từ
- bị che đi, bị mờ đi
- quay thành phim
- this play films well: kịch này quay thành phim rất hay
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
moving pictures
1 [C] (especially BrE) (AmE usually movie) a series of moving pictures recorded with sound that tells a story, shown on television or at the cinema/movie theater: Let's go to the cinema-there's a good film on this week. + Let's stay in and watch a film. + a horror / documentary / feature film + a silent film (= one recorded without sound) + an international film festival + The film was shot on location in France. + a film crew / critic / director / producer + the film version of the novel
2 [U] (especially BrE) (AmE usually the movies [pl.]) (BrE also the cinema) the art or business of making films/movies: to study film and photography + the minister responsible for film and the theatre + the film industry
Compare: CINEMA
3 [U] moving pictures of real events, shown for example on television
Synonym: FOOTAGE
television news film of the riots
in cameras
4 [U, C] thin plastic that is sensitive to light, used for taking photographs and making films/movies; a roll of this plastic, used in cameras: a roll of film + 35mm / colour film + She put a new film in her camera. + to have a film developed
thin layer
5 [C, usually sing.] ~ (of sth) a thin layer of sth, usually on the surface of sth else: Everything was covered in a film of dust.
See also -
+ verb
to make a film/movie of a story or a real event: [V] They are filming in Moscow right now. + [VN] It took them six weeks to film the documentary. + The show was filmed on location in New York. + [VN -ing] Two young boys were filmed stealing CDs on the security video.
filming noun [U]: Filming was delayed because of bad weather.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 coating, skin, coat, membrane, peel, integument, layer, overlay, covering, cover, sheet, dusting, veil, Technical pellicle:
There is a film of grease over everything.
2 motion picture, movie, picture; videotape; Colloq flick, pic; video:
Why do they show the same films every Christmas?
3 veil, screen, murkiness, blur, smokescreen, haze, mist, haziness, mistiness, cloud, vapour, fog, steam:
I could barely make out the road through the film on the windscreen.
v.
4 film over, coat, cover, dim, obscure, fade (away), veil, screen, blur, blear, mist, cloud, glaze,:
The pond filmed over with bacteria. Her eyes filmed with tears.
5 photograph, shoot, take, (video)tape:
If the director insists, then the scene must be filmed again.
Collocation dictionary
1 movie
ADJ.
long | short | exciting, good, interesting | successful | awful, bad, boring | epic | violent
She thought the film far too violent to show to children.
| X-rated | silent | black-and-white | low-budget | Hollywood, independent | television, video | adventure, children's, comedy, documentary, feature, gangster, horror, pornographic
VERB + FILM
see, watch | go to (see), take sb to (see)
We went to an awful film last night.
| direct, make, produce, shoot
She makes children's films. The film was shot on location in Kenya.
| take
film taken by security cameras
| cut, edit
The film was heavily edited for screening on television.
| distribute, release, screen, show
The film was finally released after weeks of protest by religious groups.
| ban, censor
FILM + VERB
be on, show
There's an interesting film on at the local cinema.
| come out, open, premiere
The film came out last week.
| be based on sth
a film based on the novel by Charles Potter
| be called sth, be entitled sth
a film entitled ‘Bitter Moon’
| capture sth
The film manages to capture the mood of the times.
| contain sth, include sth
The film contains explicit scenes of violence.
| depict sth, present sth, represent sth, show sth
The film depicts immense courage amid the horrors of war.
| tell sth
This film tells the remarkable story of a disabled actor.
| feature sb, star sb
The film stars Nicole Kidman as a nightclub singer.
| record sth
a film recording the film)to see who the music was by.
| critic | buff, fan | premi
e
re | censor, censorship | screenplay, script | music, score, soundtrack | narrative | scene | stunt
He was killed when a film stunt went wrong.
| poster | studio | set
They built a massive film set of an airport.
| props | adaptation, version
the film version of the best-selling novel
| classic
the film classic ‘Fantasia’
| documentary, drama | genre | clip, footage, sequence | report
The news always contains several film reports.
| series
the ‘Star Wars’ film series
| archives, library | business, company, industry | mogul
Tyrannical Hollywood film moguls ruled their stars' lives.
| distributor | making, production | festival | show | awards | camera, equipment, projector, recorder | rights
The scramble for the film rights to her next novel has already begun.
| school, student
PREP.
in a/the ~
There is a great car chase in the film.
| on ~
They captured the incident on film.
| ~ about
a film about Queen Victoria
| ~ of
They've just started shooting a film of the novel.
PHRASES
the beginning/end of the film, be in films
(= work in the film industry),
a film with subtitles, the screening/showing of a film
2 used for taking photographs
ADJ.
black-and-white, colour | fast
Fast film would be best for such action shots.
| 35 millimetre, etc.
QUANT.
length, reel, roll
a roll of 35 millimetre film
VERB + FILM
load, put in | remove, take out | rewind | develop,
first powered flight
| deal with sth
a film dealing with old age
process
I get my films developed
| open
The film opens with a bird's-eye shot of London.
| end
FILM + NOUN
crew, director, editor, maker, people, producer, team, unit, writer
The film has plenty of what film people call ‘bankability’.
| world | actor, actress, legend, star | part, role | career, debut, work | credits
His film credits (= the films he has made)as director include ‘Mood Music’ and ‘Lies’. We stayed for the film credits (= the names of people involved in the making of aat a local shop.
| expose
In the darkroom they found that only half the film had been exposed.
| splice
He spliced the two lengths of film together.
3 thin layer of a substance/material
ADJ.
fine, thin
VERB + FILM
be covered in/with
The books were covered in a thin film of dust.
PREP.
~ of
There was a fine film of sweat on her forehead.
Concise English dictionary
films|filmed|filmingfɪlm
noun
+a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
+a medium that disseminates moving pictures
+a thin coating or layer
+a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things
+photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies
verb
+make a film or photograph of something
+record in film
