单词 | on the screen |
释义 | > as lemmason the screen P1. Originally U.S. on the screen: in films or on television; shown or appearing in a film or television programme. Cf. on-screen adv. and adj. ΚΠ 1908 Moving Picture World 7 Nov. 358/1 The public wants to believe life-like what they are shown on the screen. 1920 Mrs. P. Campbell Let. 20 Dec. in Bernard Shaw & Mrs. P. Campbell (1952) 215 I am much too aged for Eliza on the Screen! 1943 K. Tennant Ride on Stranger iv. 37 He's marvellous!.. Six feet tall and fair wavy hair. He ought to be on the screen. 1977 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 5 Mar. 12/5 Mr. Burns countered that the Liberals had so little confidence in the television appeal of their interim leader..that they did not dare have him appear on the screen. 1992 Sports Illustr. 7 Sept. 102/2 Schwarzenegger kicks butt on the screen. 2015 Advertiser (Austral.) (Nexis) 1 Oct. 20 I grew up in the 1950s, when violence on the screen consisted of American westerns and World War II movies. < as lemmas |
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