frame | translate to Traditional Chinese: Cambridge Dictionary

frame

noun [ C ]

uk /freɪm/ us /freɪm/

frame noun [C] (BORDER)

B1

a border that surrounds and supports a picture, door, or window

（圖畫、門、窗的）框，框架

a picture frame 畫框

 frames

the plastic or metal structure that holds together a pair of glasses

眼鏡框架

More examples

• A picture frame often has bevelled edges.
• This door won't shut properly. I think the frame must be out of true.
• The painting was presented in a gilt picture frame.
• She painted the window frames with great care so that no paint got onto the glass.
• She wears glasses with tortoiseshell frames.

 

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frame noun [C] (STRUCTURE)

B2

the basic structure of a building, vehicle, or piece of furniture that other parts are added onto

（建築物、車輛或傢俱的）構架，支架，骨架

a bicycle frame 腳踏車車架

UK (US rack)

a wooden or plastic triangle used to put the balls into position at the start of a game such as snooker

（桌球、撞球等運動中開球時使用的）三角框

the size and shape of someone's body

體格；骨架

My sister has a much bigger frame than me. 我姐姐的骨架比我大很多。

 frame of mind

C2

the way someone thinks or feels about something at a particular time

心態，心境

The most important thing is to go into the exam in a positive frame of mind. 最重要的是要以積極的心態參加考試。

 frame of reference

a set of ideas or facts accepted by a person that explains their behaviour, opinions, or decisions

（某人的行為、看法或決定所依據的）參照準則，觀念體系

How can Christians and atheists ever come to understand each other when their frames of reference are so different? 基督徒和無神論者的思想觀念差異如此之大，他們又怎麽能相互理解呢？

More examples

frame noun [C] (GAME)

a period of play in some games, such as snooker

（撞球等遊戲的）一局

She lost the next two frames. 她輸掉了接下來的兩局。

frame noun [C] (PHOTOGRAPH)

art   specialized

one of the pictures on a strip of photographic film, or one of the single pictures that together form a television or cinema film

（攝影膠片的）畫格；（電視或電影的）畫面，鏡頭

frame

verb

uk /freɪm/ us /freɪm/

frame verb (EXPRESS)

[ T ]

to express something choosing your words carefully

（措詞謹慎地）表達，說出

The interview would have been more productive if the questions had been framed more precisely. 如果當時問題提得更確切些，採訪就會更有成效。

frame verb (MAKE GUILTY)

[ T often passive ] informal

to make a person seem to be guilty of a crime when they are not, by producing facts or information that are not true

陷害，誣陷

He claimed he'd been framed by the police. 他聲稱自己被警方陷害了。

frame verb (BORDER)

[ T ]

to fix a border around a picture, etc. and often glass in front of it

給（圖畫等）裝（鏡）框

I keep meaning to get that photo framed. 我一直打算給那張相片鑲上框。

[ T ]

to form an edge to something in an attractive way

修飾…的邊緣

Her new hairstyle frames her face in a much more flattering way. 她的新髮型把臉襯托得漂亮多了。