- a fixed or movable upright partition used to divide a room, give shelter from draughts, heat, or light, or to provide concealment or privacy幕, 屏, 幔, 帐。
- a thing providing concealment or protection屏障：
his jeep was discreetly parked behind a screen of trees
他的吉普车小心地停在树林后面以作掩护
figurative 〈喻〉the article is using science as a screen for unexamined prejudice.
这篇文章利用科学来掩护未经审查的偏见。
- Military a detachment of troops or ships detailed to cover the movements of the main body【军】掩护部队; 护航舰队。
- often with modifier Architecture a partition of carved wood or stone separating the nave of a church from the chancel, choir, or sanctuary【建筑】（教堂的）祭坛围屏; （教堂中把中殿与高坛、唱诗班隔开的）装饰性围屏。参见ROOD SCREEN.
- a windscreen of a motor vehicle（机动车的）挡风玻璃：
a branch whipped across the screen and tore off one of the wipers.
树枝划过了挡风玻璃, 刮断了一根挡风玻璃雨刷。
- a frame with fine wire netting used in a window or doorway to keep out mosquitoes and other flying insects纱窗, 纱门。
- a part of an electrical or other instrument which protects it from or prevents it causing electromagnetic interference屏蔽器。
- Electronics （亦作screen grid）a grid placed between the control grid and the anode of a valve to reduce the capacitance between these electrodes【电子】帘栅极, 屏栅极。
- the surface of a cathode ray tube or similar electronic device, especially that of a television, VDU, or monitor, on which images and data are displayed阴极射线管等的表面; 荧光屏。
- a blank, typically white or silver surface on which a photographic image is projected银幕：
two historical swashbucklers are due to fill cinema screens this year.
今年将有两部描述传说中冒险家经历的武打影片上映。
the screen
films or television; the film industry影视; 电影业：she's a star of the track as well as the screen.
她既是电影明星, 又是径赛明星。
- the data or images displayed on a computer screen计算机屏幕显示的数据（或图像）：
pressing the F1 key at any time will display a help screen.
随时按下F1键将显示帮助屏幕。
- Photography a flat piece of ground glass on which the image formed by a camera lens is focused【摄】聚焦屏。
- Printing a transparent finely ruled plate or film used in half-tone reproduction【印刷】网屏, 网版。
- in sing. a system of checking a person or thing for the presence or absence of something, especially a disease检查系统（尤指检测是否有病）：
services offered by the centre include a health screen for people who have just joined the company.
中心提供的服务, 包括为新来公司人员检查身体。
- a large sieve or riddle, especially one for sorting substances such as grain or coal into different sizes大筛子; 滤网。
- conceal, protect, or shelter (someone or something) with a screen or something forming a screen（用屏障）掩盖; 保护; 庇护：
her hair swung across to screen her face
她长发飘动遮住了脸
a high hedge screened all of the front from passers-by.
高高的篱笆把正面全部挡住了, 过路人什么也看不见。
screen something off
separate something from something else with or as if with a screen（似乎）用屏障把事物隔开：an area had been screened off as a waiting room.
已经隔开一块地方做候诊室。
- protect (someone) from something dangerous or unpleasant保护：
in my country a man of my rank would be screened completely from any risk of attack.
在我国, 我这样级别的人会被完全保护起来免受任何袭击。
- prevent from causing or protect from electromagnetic interference防止（或免受）电磁干扰：
ensure that your microphone leads are properly screened from hum pickup.
确保你的麦克风导线屏蔽嗡嗡声。
- show (a film or video) or broadcast (a television programme)放映（电影, 录像）; 播放（电视节目）：
the show is to be screened by the BBC later this year.
这个节目将在今年晚些时候由英国广播公司播出。
- test (a person or substance) for the presence or absence of a disease检测（人、物质是否患有疾病）：
outpatients were screened for cervical cancer.
检查门诊病人是否患有宫颈癌。
- check on or investigate (someone), typically to ascertain whether they are suitable for or can be trusted in a particular situation or job测试; 审查; 考核（尤指要确定某人是否适合或可予信赖某种情况或工作）：
all prospective presidential candidates would have to be screened by a pre-selection committee.
所有未来的总统候选人都必须经过选前委员会审查。
- evaluate or analyse (something) for its suitability for a particular purpose or application分析; 评估：
only one per cent of rainforest plants have been screened for medical use.
只有百分之一的雨林植物进行了医疗用途分析评估。
screen someone/thing out
exclude someone or something after such evaluation or investigation检查排除：only those refugees who are screened out are sent back to Vietnam.
只有那些被检查排除的难民被遣返回越南。
- pass (a substance such as grain or coal) through a large sieve or screen, especially so as to sort it into different sizes筛; 筛选（谷物, 煤等）。
- Printing project (a photograph or other image) through a transparent ruled plate so as to be able to reproduce it as a half-tone【印刷】加网印刷。