screening
US: /ˈskɹinɪŋ/
UK: /skɹˈiːnɪŋ/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
screening- danh từ
- sự chiếu một bộ phim (một chương trình )
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun1 [C] the act of showing a film/movie or television programme: This will be the movie's first screening in this country.
2 [U, C] the testing or examining of a large number of people or things for disease, faults, etc: breast cancer screening
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 partition, (room) divider, paravent, wall:
In their one-room flat a bookcase serves as a screen to separate the living area from the sleeping area
2 shelter, protection, shield, cover:
A row of poplars acts as a screen against the wind.
3 curtain, blind, shroud, cloak, cover; concealment, camouflage:
The gauze fabric was too transparent to act as a screen.
4 sieve, mesh, strainer, filter, colander, riddle:
The sand has to be shovelled through a screen to get rid of the stones
5 motion pictures, movies, silver screen; television, small screen, home screen, Colloq box, telly, US boob tube:
She is a star of both the big and small screens.
v.
6 partition (off), separate, divide, wall off:
Why not use a beaded curtain to screen the kitchen area from the dining-room?
7 shelter, protect, shield, cover, guard, conceal, camouflage, mask, veil, hide:
A decorative pierced wall screens the ladies of the harem from the prying eyes of visitors.
8 sift, separate (out), sort (out), filter, select, cull, process, interview, evaluate, grade, gauge, qualify, examine, scan, Chiefly Brit vet:
The agency screens all candidates before sending them to see a client.
Concise dictionary
screens|screened|screeningskrɪːnnoun
+a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing
+something that keeps things out or hinders sight
+display on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube on which is electronically created
+a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
+protective covering consisting of a metallic netting mounted in a frame and covering windows or doors (especially for protection against insects)
+a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles
+a door that consists of a frame holding metallic or plastic netting; used to allow ventilation and to keep insects from entering a building through the open door
+partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that serves to divide a space
verb
+test or examine for the presence of disease or infection
+examine methodically
+examine in order to test suitability
+project onto a screen for viewing
+prevent from entering
+separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff
+protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm
