| 单词 | framing device |
| 释义 | > as lemmasframing device framing device n. (a) a tool used in the construction of framework (now rare); (b) a means or method for enclosing something in a frame (cf. sense 3). ΚΠ 1891 Architect. & Building Monthly July 17/3 (heading) A new framing device. 1905 Carpentry & Building Dec. 57/3 The ‘Key to the Steel Square’,..something new in the way of a framing device and which is meeting with popular favor among carpenters and builders where introduced. 1908 Moving Picture World 4 July 5/2 A reciprocating framing device which spaces off each picture in consecutive order and with unerring accuracy. 1960 Film Q. Winter 17/1 The framing device of doors and windows so familiar in all his work has special significance in a context of escape and illusion. 2006 Cineaste Summer 12/1 At first it seems like a typical case of a framing device (the reminiscences of Morton's wife and friend following his death) bookending an extended flashback. < as lemmas |
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