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单词 cinema
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cinema

noun

cin·​e·​ma ˈsi-nə-mə How to pronounce cinema (audio)
 British also  -ˌmä
1
a
: motion picture
usually used attributively
b
: a motion-picture theater
2
a
: movies
especially : the film industry
b
: the art or technique of making motion pictures

Synonyms

  • big screen
  • film
  • filmdom
  • filmland
  • filmmaking
  • movie
  • moviemaking
  • pictures
  • screen
  • silver screen
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Example Sentences

a student of French cinema We drove by the cinema to see what was playing.
Recent Examples on the Web Almost a century on, stop-motion animator Willis O'Brien's creation remains a miracle of cinema. Clark Collis, EW.com, 19 Aug. 2022 These are not the polite, weak sisters of cinema — there’s a lot of muscle and mischief to go with those long skirts! New York Times, 19 Aug. 2022 Mann’s cinema may be poetry, but his prose is … well, prosaic. Chris Klimek, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2022 Vidor energetically explored the possibilities of cinema, from silent-era visual innovations to painterly color. Kristin M. Jones, WSJ, 30 July 2022 Amassed before the cinema was a crowd of millennials, people who looked like me and my friends. Natalia Winkelman, BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2022 The modern cinema is, in large part, a tale of three Ter(r)ences. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 31 May 2022 With the country’s economy in tatters, funding for culture and in turn, cinema, was the first to be cut, said Lichy. Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 26 May 2022 Mattiussi said that cinema has been a great passion for him since childhood. Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

short for cinematograph

First Known Use

1909, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Kids Definition

cinema

noun

cin·​e·​ma ˈsi-nə-mə How to pronounce cinema (audio)
1
: a movie theater
What's playing at the cinema?
2
: the movie industry
She had a long career in the cinema.

cinema

noun

1
as in filmmaking
the art or business of making a movie felt that the cinema was one of the most challenging and fulfilling forms of artistic expression

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • filmmaking
  • film
  • movie
  • moviemaking
  • filmdom
  • pictures
  • filmland
  • silver screen
  • big screen
  • screen
  • Hollywood
  • Bollywood
  • showbiz
  • show business
2
as in theater
a building or part of a building where movies are shown got a job cleaning the cinemas at the multiplex

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • theater
  • playhouse
  • theatre
  • multiplex
  • cinematheque
  • nickelodeon
  • megaplex
  • plex
  • art theater
  • fleapit
  • art house
  • drive-in
  • grind house
  • 'plex
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