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单词 scene
释义

scenenoun

uk/siːn/us/siːn/

scene noun (THEATRE/FILM)

B1 [ C ] a part of a play or film in which the action stays in one place for a continuous period of time:

the funeral/wedding scene
nude/sex scenes
Juliet dies in Act IV, Scene iii.

More examples

  • The whole of the banquet scene is mimed.
  • In the first scene, the camera moves slowly across the room.
  • It took seven retakes to get the scene exactly right.
  • a steamy love scene
  • The love scenes were very tender.

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Cinema & theatre: parts of plays, shows & films

  • act
  • blooper reel
  • byplay
  • coup de théâtre
  • curtain call
  • denouement
  • finale
  • flashback
  • fourth wall
  • intermission
  • interval
  • set piece
  • showstopper
  • sketch
  • stage direction

scene noun (VIEW)

B2 [ C ] a view or picture of a place, event, or activity:

Lowry painted street scenes.
scenes of everyday life
figurative There were scenes of great joy as the hostages were reunited with their families.

More examples

  • a scene of desolation
  • Our window looked out on a beautiful alpine scene.
  • The painting depicts an idyllic pastoral scene of shepherds watching over their grazing sheep.
  • Picture the scene - the crowds of people and animals, the noise, the dirt.
  • There is a battle scene on the front cover.

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Pictures

  • -scape
  • abstract
  • aquatint
  • balloon
  • canvas
  • caricature
  • cartoon
  • graphics
  • halo
  • identikit
  • illustration
  • infographic
  • pencil
  • pixelated
  • poster
  • seascape
  • self-portrait
  • shade
  • sketch
  • speech bubble

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Geography: scenery & views

scene noun (PLACE)

B2 [ C usually singular ] a place where an unpleasant event has happened:

The police arrived to find a scene of horrifying destruction.
Evidence was found at the scene of the crime.

More examples

  • Doctors pronounced him clinically dead at the scene of the accident.
  • Ambulances, police cars and fire engines all converged on the scene.
  • Bloodstained clothing was found near the scene.
  • A knife was found at the scene of the crime.
  • The car had been abandoned two kilometres away from the scene of the robbery.

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Places and locations

  • a place for everything and everything in its place idiom
  • action
  • core
  • direction
  • ground zero
  • heartland
  • location
  • oxygen bar
  • place
  • point
  • post
  • seat
  • set
  • setting
  • situation
  • spot
  • station
  • stronghold
  • the holy of holies
  • venue

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scene noun (AREA)

B2 [ S ] a particular area of activity and all the people or things connected with it:

the pop/political/drugs/gay scene
Rap music arrived/came/appeared on the scene in the early 1980s.
informal I'd rather go to a jazz concert - I'm afraid opera isn't really my scene (= is not the type of thing I like).

More examples

  • the club scene
  • the British contemporary dance scene
  • She's the most exciting British singer to emerge on the pop scene for a decade.
  • He broke onto the music scene with his first single.
  • The newcomer on the radio scene is a commercial station devoted to classical music.

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Topics & areas of interest

  • affair
  • backyard
  • ground
  • in your backyard idiom
  • item
  • kingdom
  • matter
  • specialism
  • specialty
  • sphere
  • stage
  • subject
  • subject matter
  • sweep
  • talking of sb/sth idiom
  • theme
  • themed
  • thesis
  • topic
  • turf

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scene noun (ARGUMENT)

C2 [ C ] an expression of great anger or similar feelings, often between two people, or an occasion when this happens:

Please don't make a scene.
There was a terrible scene and Jayne ended up in tears.

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Arguments & disagreements

  • argument
  • belligerent
  • blow up
  • conflict
  • confrontation
  • contention
  • counter-argument
  • disharmony
  • dispute
  • dissonance
  • feud
  • fracas
  • Mexican standoff
  • quibble
  • rivalry
  • row 1
  • shindig
  • slanging match
  • trouble
  • tussle

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Idiom(s)

be on the scene
behind the scenes
set the scene
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