unspooling
noun[CorS]
uk/ʌnˈspuː.lɪŋ/us/ʌnˈspuː.lɪŋ/unspoolingnoun[C or S](BECOMING/MAKING STRAIGHT)
theactionof something that waswrappedtightlyaround itselfbecomingstraight:
（将原本卷起来的某物）解开，展开Anacousticsignalfrom thefishingboattriggersthe unspooling of thefishingline.渔船发出的声音信号触发了渔线自行解开。
- Researchersfoundthat thesimpleunspooling of arollofSellotapeproducesX-rays.
Unfastening and opening
- breaker
- gape
- let/setsomethinglooseidiom
- loose
- loosen
- loosenyourgripidiom
- shut(someone)up
- steam
- tease
- teasesomethingout
- the earth/ground/floor opensidiom
- throw
- unbuckle
- unbutton
- unfold
- unlace
- unlock
- unpick
- unplug
- unroll
unspoolingnoun[C or S](FILM/STORY/EVENT)
theactofshowingafilmon ascreen:
（电影的）上映，播放"The TenCommandments,"halfacenturyafteritscreation, still gets aregularprime-timenetworkunspooling.《十诫》在创制半个世纪后，仍在电视网的黄金时间定期播放。
theactof astoryor aneventdeveloping, orbecomingor being madeknown:
（故事）展开；揭开Thenovelis more than another unspooling oflifein theHollywoodshark-tank.这部小说不只是另一部揭示好莱坞弱肉强食生活的作品。
Her grandmother'sreactionto thattelephonecallsparkedthegradualunspooling of a long-heldfamilysecret.她的祖母对那通电话的反应点燃了揭开隐藏许久的家庭秘辛之火。
- Life is anendlessunspooling ofart, ofacting, ofpainting, ofarchitecture.
- Does theideamakesense? Ofcoursenot. But that doesn'tstopthe unspooling of agoofyplot.
- Lyrics andlibrettoare the unspooling of astory.
Cinema - general words
- 12A
- animation
- animator
- audio described
- audio description
- fade
- filmic
- filming
- filmstrip
- flick
- footage
- franchise
- projection
- Rambo
- reel
- remake
- rerelease
- rescreen
- reshoot
- sting
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Making progress and advancing
unspoolingnoun[C or S](LOSING STRENGTH/CONTROL)
theprocessof somethingbecominglessstrongor less undercontrol:
Pinter'splaychartsthe unspooling of arelationship.
Thediariesdocumentthe unspooling of hissenseofidentity.
Upsetting and destabilizing
- bring
- bringsomeonedown
- delegitimize
- destabilization
- destabilize
- disruptive
- disruptively
- knock/throwsomeonefor a loopidiom
- loop
- make wavesidiom
- put the skids undersomethingidiom
- rock
- scupper
- stir
- turn
- unsettle
- unsettling
- unspool
- upset
- wave
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