a disk on which large amounts of information, especially films, photographs and video, can be stored, for use on a DVD player or computer (the abbreviation for ‘digital versatile disc’ or ‘digital videodisc’) 数字影碟,数码(多功能)光碟(全写为 digital versatile disc 或 digital videodisc) Let's just stay in and watch a DVD. 咱们就待在家里看影碟吧。 a DVD recorder 一台影碟机 a DVD drive DVD 驱动器 - on DVD
Is it available on DVD yet? 这个现在有 DVD 版了吗?
Collocations Cinema/the moviesCinema/the movies 电影 Watching 观看 - go to/take somebody to (see) a film
- go to/sit in (British English) the cinema/(North American English) the (movie) theater
去/在看电影 - rent a film/DVD
- download/stream a film
- burn/copy/rip a DVD
刻录/复制/转压一张 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
在电影院上映 - be released on/come out on/be out on DVD
发行 DVD - captivate/delight/grip/thrill the audience
使观众着迷/高兴/感兴趣/激动 - 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;与天花乱坠的广告宣传相符
Film-making 电影制作 - write/co-write a film/script/screenplay
- direct/produce/make/shoot/edit a film/sequel
- make a romantic comedy/a thriller/an action movie
拍摄一部浪漫喜剧/惊悚片/动作片 - do/work on a sequel/remake
拍摄续集;重拍 - film/shoot the opening scene/an action sequence/footage (of something)
拍摄(…的)开场戏/一套动作/连续镜头 - compose/create/do/write the soundtrack
制作电影声带 - cut/edit (out) a scene/sequence
剪辑掉一个镜头/一组镜头
Acting 表演 - have/get/do an audition
试演 - get/have/play a leading/starring/supporting role
得以饰演/饰演主角/配角 - play a character/James Bond/the bad guy
饰演一个人物/詹姆斯 · 邦德/反面角色 - act in/appear in/star in a film/remake
- do/perform/attempt a stunt
做/尝试特技表演 - work in/make it big in Hollywood
在好莱坞工作/取得成功 - forge/carve/make/pursue a career in Hollywood
在好莱坞闯出/追求一番事业
Describing films 描述电影 - 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
用特写镜头拍摄/表现某人 - use odd/unusual camera angles
采用奇特的/不同寻常的摄影机角度 - be filmed/shot on location/in a studio
在外景地/摄影棚拍摄 - be set/take place in London/in the ’60s
以伦敦/60 年代为背景 - have a happy ending/plot twist
有美满的结局/出人意料的情节转折
Extra ExamplesTopics Film and theatrea1, Computersa1Consumers are demanding high-quality DVD playback. 消费者要求高质量的数字影碟播放。 I haven't seen the first DVD so I can't compare them. 我没看过第一张数字影碟,所以没法比较它们。 Pop this DVD in and sit back and relax. 把这张数字影碟放进去,坐好,放松一下。 The first edition of the album comes with a bonus DVD. 专辑首版附赠一张数字影碟。 The movie is available in DVD format. 这部电影已出数字影碟。 a multi-region DVD player 多区数字影碟播放机
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- blank
- recordable
- rewritable
- …
- see
- view
- watch
- …
- player
- recorder
- drive
- …
- on DVD
- DVD of