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- mass noun a thin flexible strip of plastic or other material coated with light-sensitive emulsion for exposure in a camera, used to produce photographs or motion pictures胶片, 胶卷：
he had already shot a whole roll of film
他已经拍了一整卷胶卷了
count noun a new range of films and cameras.一类新的胶卷和照相机。
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- material in the form of a very thin flexible sheet膜, 薄膜：
clear plastic film between the layers of glass.
一层层玻璃间的透明塑料薄膜。
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- count noun a thin layer covering a surface（覆盖在表面上的）薄薄的一层：
she quickly wiped away the light film of sweat.
她迅速擦去了少量的一薄层汗。
1.3
- archaic a fine thread or filament〈古〉细丝：
films of silk.
丝绸的细丝。
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- a story or event recorded by a camera as a set of moving images and shown in a cinema or on television电影, 影片：
a horror film
恐怖片
as modifier a film director.电影导演。
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- mass noun cinema considered as an art or industry电影艺术; 电影业：
a critical overview of feminist writing on film.
对女权主义者影评的批判性综述。
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- with obj. capture on film as part of a series of moving images; make a film of (a story or event)拍摄; 把（故事, 事件）拍成影片：
she glowered at the television crew who were filming them.
她怒视着正在把他们捕捉为电视镜头的电视摄制组人员。
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- make a cinema or television film of (a book)把（书）拍成影片（或电视片）。
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- no obj.
film well/badly
be well or badly suited to portrayal in a film适于（不适于）拍摄电影： an adventure story which would film well.
适于搬上银幕的冒险故事。
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- no obj. become or appear to become covered with a thin layer of something（似）被覆盖上一薄层东西, 变得朦胧：
his eyes had filmed over.
他的眼睛变得模糊起来。
词源
Old English filmen 'membrane', of West Germanic origin; related to FELL5 .