the place at a theatre, cinema, etc. where the tickets are sold 售票處;票房 The movie has been a huge box-office success (= many people have been to see it). 那部電影十分賣座。 Box-office receipts have exceeded expectations. 票房收入超出了預期。 The musical has done very well at the box office. 這部音樂劇票房收入非常好。 Tickets are available at the box office. 售票處可以買到票。
Collocations Cinema/the moviesTopics Film and theatreb2Cinema/the movies 電影 Watching 觀看 - go to/take somebody to (see) a film
- go to/sit in (British English) the cinema/(North American English) the (movie) theater
去/在看電影 - rent a film/DVD
- download/stream a film
- burn/copy/rip a DVD
刻錄/複制/轉壓一張 DVD 碟片 - see/watch a film/DVD/preview/trailer
Showing 放映;播放 - show/screen a film
- promote/distribute/review a film
- (British English) be on at the cinema
在電影院上映 - be released on/come out on/be out on DVD
發行 DVD - captivate/delight/grip/thrill the audience
使觀衆着迷/高興/感興趣/激動 - do well/badly at the box office
票房好/不好 - get a lot of/live up to the hype
受到大肆炒作;與天花亂墜的廣告宣傳相符
Film-making 電影制作 - write/co-write a film/script/screenplay
- direct/produce/make/shoot/edit a film/sequel
- make a romantic comedy/a thriller/an action movie
拍攝一部浪漫喜劇/驚悚片/動作片 - do/work on a sequel/remake
拍攝續集;重拍 - film/shoot the opening scene/an action sequence/footage (of something)
拍攝(…的)開場戲/一套動作/連續鏡頭 - compose/create/do/write the soundtrack
制作電影聲帶 - cut/edit (out) a scene/sequence
剪輯掉一個鏡頭/一組鏡頭
Acting 表演 - have/get/do an audition
試演 - get/have/play a leading/starring/supporting role
得以飾演/飾演主角/配角 - play a character/James Bond/the bad guy
飾演一個人物/詹姆斯 · 邦德/反面角色 - act in/appear in/star in a film/remake
- do/perform/attempt a stunt
做/嘗試特技表演 - work in/make it big in Hollywood
在好萊塢工作/取得成功 - forge/carve/make/pursue a career in Hollywood
在好萊塢闖出/追求一番事業
Describing films 描述電影 - the camera pulls back/pans over something/zooms in (on something)
- the camera focuses on something/lingers on something
- shoot somebody/show somebody in extreme close-up
用特寫鏡頭拍攝/表現某人 - use odd/unusual camera angles
采用奇特的/不同尋常的攝影機角度 - be filmed/shot on location/in a studio
在外景地/攝影棚拍攝 - be set/take place in London/in the ’60s
以倫敦/60 年代爲背景 - have a happy ending/plot twist
有美滿的結局/出人意料的情節轉折
Oxford Collocations Dictionarybox-office + noun- draw
- hit
- smash
- …
- at a/the box office
- do badly, well, etc. at the box office