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单词 time-shift
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Definition of time-shift in English:

time-shift

verb
  • 1no object Move from one period in time to another.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He remembered the sickened feeling he got in the pit of his stomach the last time he time-shifted.
    • Return trips to the world we used to know as ours are now tinted green, constantly time-shifting, and filled with computer-generated superheroes.
  • 2with object Record (a television programme) for later viewing.

    as adjective time-shifted programmes
    Example sentencesExamples
    • By contrast, in VCR households, only 1 per cent of viewing is time-shifted because it takes so much effort.
    • Smart brands will give customers information and services that are easily syndicated, time-shifted, remixed, reused and repurposed.
    • It's morphing into an entertainment device, to do everything from burn DVDs to time-shift live TV.
    • In response to high production costs and the realities of the digital age, television has begun time-shifting its own content.
    • This particular chip is aimed at the broadcast market, and can time-shift multiple video streams from multiple tuners.
    • If you own an early model digital player/recorder, you will be able to record and playback time-shifted digital recordings of flagged broadcasts.
    • An increasing number of Irish have time-shifted their viewing habits by first using their VCRs and now their PVRs.
    • At the end of the day, it struck me that time-shifted content and space-folding telepresence are becoming complementary.
    • They do a lot of things, but one of their functions is to time-shift TV programs, much as you've been able to do for almost 30 years with a VCR.
    • We found that time-shifting the content slightly resolved this problem.
    • The software offers several functions for enhancing the recording like noise reduction and smoothing, as well as timed and time-shifted recordings.
    • The ability to time-shift television programmes has really revolutionised my viewing habits.
    • The only thing lacking is time-shifted playback.
    • If you embed a TV tuner, you add PVR functionality, allowing you to time-shift your TV viewing.
    • Nevertheless, they bought and installed the equipment in their studios, merely as a means of time-shifting programmes or items without recourse to using discs.
    • With either application you can easily record and time-shift broadcasts - and for HD broadcasts, that capability is very rare, even for over-the-air broadcasts.
    • This expertise allows the video bits to be slightly time-shifted without this change being perceptible to the human eye.
    • Basically, I made my wife try and use it to watch TV, time-shift, and view a DVD.
    • Fortunately, I had the miracle of TiVo at my disposal, enabling me to time-shift my viewing seamlessly.
    • The console enables subscribers to watch or record two programs simultaneously, or view one while time-shifting another.
noun
time shift
  • A movement from one period in time to another, especially in a play or film.

    the technical problems involved in the time shift
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Tyler uses dramatic time shifts with each new chapter; the book begins in 1941 and ends in 2001, just after the United States has suffered another surprise attack.
    • Franklin embraces time shifts and a multiplicity of character voices with an almost scary degree of ease.
    • He's not able to establish the time shifts coherently and not enough attention is paid to the other two sisters.
    • He'd known that he'd have to keep the thief here, but he hadn't expected to actually feel the effects of the time shift.
    • It's essential to keep the time shifts, because this is a woman coming to grips with her mortality.
    • In a piece of theatrical brio, she imposes a time shift, a second storyline involving the Victorian family who once occupied Elizabeth's house - and a ghost.
    • In the movies, with their narrators and time-shifts, we accept much more agile storytelling.
    • It's all slickly good-looking with lots of time shifts and complications with the protagonists' exes.
    • The play is demanding, with constant time shifts and merging of dream and reality, as well as an emotional intensity which shocked many contemporary viewers and critics.
    • As with many of her previous novels, the story is told from conflicting points of view; there are time shifts.
    • The theme of emotional amputation, revealed in darting flashbacks and abrupt time shifts, is charted through recurrent images of plants and trees.
    • He intelligently dispensed with the double narrative and the time shift between Esther's sections and those told by the third-person narrator.
    • I'm sure we all enjoyed learning about dimensional time shifts.
    • The author's awkwardness (which is not to be equated with lack of talent) registers more seriously in her unwillingness to clarify time shifts.
    • The past perfect tense effects the time shift.
 
 

Definition of time-shift in US English:

time-shift

verbˈtīmSHift
  • 1no object Move from one period in time to another.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He remembered the sickened feeling he got in the pit of his stomach the last time he time-shifted.
    • Return trips to the world we used to know as ours are now tinted green, constantly time-shifting, and filled with computer-generated superheroes.
  • 2with object Record (a television program) for later viewing.

    as adjective time-shifted programs
    Example sentencesExamples
    • If you own an early model digital player/recorder, you will be able to record and playback time-shifted digital recordings of flagged broadcasts.
    • Smart brands will give customers information and services that are easily syndicated, time-shifted, remixed, reused and repurposed.
    • At the end of the day, it struck me that time-shifted content and space-folding telepresence are becoming complementary.
    • The console enables subscribers to watch or record two programs simultaneously, or view one while time-shifting another.
    • An increasing number of Irish have time-shifted their viewing habits by first using their VCRs and now their PVRs.
    • It's morphing into an entertainment device, to do everything from burn DVDs to time-shift live TV.
    • They do a lot of things, but one of their functions is to time-shift TV programs, much as you've been able to do for almost 30 years with a VCR.
    • If you embed a TV tuner, you add PVR functionality, allowing you to time-shift your TV viewing.
    • Nevertheless, they bought and installed the equipment in their studios, merely as a means of time-shifting programmes or items without recourse to using discs.
    • Basically, I made my wife try and use it to watch TV, time-shift, and view a DVD.
    • The only thing lacking is time-shifted playback.
    • We found that time-shifting the content slightly resolved this problem.
    • In response to high production costs and the realities of the digital age, television has begun time-shifting its own content.
    • The software offers several functions for enhancing the recording like noise reduction and smoothing, as well as timed and time-shifted recordings.
    • This particular chip is aimed at the broadcast market, and can time-shift multiple video streams from multiple tuners.
    • This expertise allows the video bits to be slightly time-shifted without this change being perceptible to the human eye.
    • With either application you can easily record and time-shift broadcasts - and for HD broadcasts, that capability is very rare, even for over-the-air broadcasts.
    • By contrast, in VCR households, only 1 per cent of viewing is time-shifted because it takes so much effort.
    • Fortunately, I had the miracle of TiVo at my disposal, enabling me to time-shift my viewing seamlessly.
    • The ability to time-shift television programmes has really revolutionised my viewing habits.
nounˈtīmSHift
time shift
  • A movement from one period in time to another, especially in a play or movie.

    the technical problems involved in the time shift
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He's not able to establish the time shifts coherently and not enough attention is paid to the other two sisters.
    • In the movies, with their narrators and time-shifts, we accept much more agile storytelling.
    • The past perfect tense effects the time shift.
    • Franklin embraces time shifts and a multiplicity of character voices with an almost scary degree of ease.
    • Tyler uses dramatic time shifts with each new chapter; the book begins in 1941 and ends in 2001, just after the United States has suffered another surprise attack.
    • It's all slickly good-looking with lots of time shifts and complications with the protagonists' exes.
    • The author's awkwardness (which is not to be equated with lack of talent) registers more seriously in her unwillingness to clarify time shifts.
    • As with many of her previous novels, the story is told from conflicting points of view; there are time shifts.
    • I'm sure we all enjoyed learning about dimensional time shifts.
    • In a piece of theatrical brio, she imposes a time shift, a second storyline involving the Victorian family who once occupied Elizabeth's house - and a ghost.
    • He'd known that he'd have to keep the thief here, but he hadn't expected to actually feel the effects of the time shift.
    • The play is demanding, with constant time shifts and merging of dream and reality, as well as an emotional intensity which shocked many contemporary viewers and critics.
    • He intelligently dispensed with the double narrative and the time shift between Esther's sections and those told by the third-person narrator.
    • It's essential to keep the time shifts, because this is a woman coming to grips with her mortality.
    • The theme of emotional amputation, revealed in darting flashbacks and abrupt time shifts, is charted through recurrent images of plants and trees.
 
 
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