- [countable]
a strong border or structure of wood, metal, etc. that holds a picture, door, piece of glass, etc. in position （图画、门、玻璃等的）框架 
a picture/photo frame 图片/相框 aluminium window frames 铝窗框 I'm going to paint the door frame white. 我打算把门框漆成白色。 She leaned against the frame of the door. 她靠在门框上。 - in a frame
pictures in gold frames 镶金色框的画
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- door
- window
- photo
- …
- in a/the frame
- [countable]
the supporting structure of a piece of furniture, a building, a vehicle, etc. that gives it its shape （家具、建筑物、车辆等的）构架，支架，骨架 a bicycle frame 自行车构架 The bed frame is made of pine. 床架是用松木做的。 the frame of an aircraft/a car/a bicycle 飞机／汽车／自行车构架 In the 1920s, federal office buildings were typically built with steel frames encased in concrete or granite. 在20世纪20年代，联邦办公楼通常是用混凝土或花岗岩包裹的钢架建造的。
- [countable, usually plural]
a structure of plastic or metal that holds the lenses in a pair of glasses 眼镜框 gold-rimmed frames 金边眼镜框
- [countable, usually singular]
the form or structure of a person or animal’s body 体形；身材；骨架 to have a small/slender/large frame 小的／苗条的／大的体形 The bed was shorter than his six-foot frame. 这张床比他六英尺的框架还矮。
Extra ExamplesShe has quite a small frame. 她身材很瘦小。 a man with a lean, athletic frame 身材瘦削健美的男子
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- athletic
- big
- bony
- …
- have
- with a… frame
- [singular]
the general ideas or structure that form the background to something （构成某事物背景的）总的思想，体系，体制，模式 - in/within the frame of something
In this course we hope to look at literature in the frame of its social and historical context. 在本课程中，我们希望从社会和历史背景的整体结构来看文学。
- in/within the frame of something
- [countable]
one of the single photographs that a film or video is made of 帧头；画格；画面 - [countable]
a single picture in a comic strip （连环漫画中的）一幅画 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- door
- window
- photo
- …
- in a/the frame
- [countable]
one of the separate areas on an internet page that you can scroll through (= read by moving the text up or down) 帧；页帧（框）；图文框 - (also cold frame)[countable]
a small wooden or metal frame covered with glass that you grow seeds or small plants in to protect them from cold weather 冷床，阳畦（保护育种或幼苗抗寒的床框） - [countable]
a single section of play in the game of snooker, etc., or in bowling 一轮；一回；一局 He won the first frame easily. 他轻松赢得第一局。
border边框
structure结构
of glasses眼镜
person/animal’s body人／动物的身体
general ideas总的思想
of film
of picture story连环画
computing计算机技术
in garden花园
in snooker/bowling斯诺克；保龄球
Word OriginOld English framian ‘be useful’, of Germanic origin and related to from. The general sense in Middle English, ‘make ready for use’, probably led to senses (3 and 4) of the verb; it also gave rise to the specific meaning ‘prepare timber for use in building’, later ‘make the wooden parts (framework) of a building’, hence the noun sense ‘structure’ (late Middle English).
Idioms
be in/out of the frame (for something) (British English)
be taking part/not taking part in something 参加；不参加 to be wanted/not wanted by the police because you are/are not suspected of having committed a crime 被警方通缉；没有被警方通缉 He was always in the frame for the killing. 他因杀人一直被警方通缉。