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    A B-movie is a film made with little money, and people often treat it as low quality: thin story, cheap sets, stiff acting. The name comes from old cinema programmes, which used to show two films.

    A B-movieB-movie（B級片） is a film made with little money是花很少錢拍出來的電影 and people often treat it as low quality而且大家常把它當成品質差：thin story劇情單薄、cheap sets場景廉價、stiff acting演技生硬。The name comes from這個名字來自 old cinema programmes舊式的電影院場次安排 which used to show two films以前一次會放兩部片。

    The main film was the A picture; the cheaper film that filled the rest of the afternoon was the B picture — the same idea as the B-side of a record, the second side, not the hit. Today there is usually no real A-picture / B-picture pairing, but the name stuck.

    The main film主打的那部片 was the A picture是 A picture；the cheaper film比較便宜的那部片 that filled the rest of the afternoon用來填滿下午剩下的時間 was the B picture就是 B picture the same idea as the B-side of a record跟唱片的 B-side（B面）是同樣的概念 the second side也就是第二面 not the hit不是主打歌。Today現在 there is usually no real A-picture / B-picture pairing通常已經沒有真正的 A片/B片配對了 but the name stuck但這個名字留了下來。

    People still use B-movie as a put-down. Though actually, many fans say it with a grin: they like the wild plots, the rubber monsters, the feeling that nobody had the money to be careful. A film can cost a lot and still feel like a B-movie if it is silly and rough; a cheap film can be loved for exactly that.

    People still use大家還是會用 B-movieB-movie as a put-down當成貶低的話。Though actually不過其實 many fans say it with a grin很多影迷是笑著說的：they like the wild plots他們喜歡誇張的劇情、the rubber monsters橡膠做的怪獸、the feeling that nobody had the money to be careful那種沒有錢可以講究的感覺。A film can cost a lot一部電影可以花很多錢 and still feel like a B-movie卻還是給人 B-movie 的感覺 if it is silly and rough如果它拍得又蠢又粗糙；a cheap film can be loved for exactly that一部便宜的電影也可能就是因為這樣被喜愛。

    Informal. You will hear it from film fans more than from serious reviews, unless the is being dry.

    Informal非正式用語。You will hear it你會聽到它 from film fans more than from serious reviews比較常出現在影迷口中，而不是正經的影評裡 unless the reviewer is being dry除非那個影評人是在講反話。

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組成B as in the B-side of an old record (the second, less famous side; the main side was A) + movie. Named that way because these films used to play second, on a cheap budget.

同家族的字

  • B-sidethe second side of a record; B-movie was named in the same ‘second, lesser’ way
  • A-sidethe main side of the record; the old A-picture was the main film in the same pairing

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

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    broadcastingfilmmediaA low-budget motion picture, especially one with poor production values.

    • But as it is, the script is so riddled with juvenalia, borrowed character types and misguided flights of poetic fancy that it feels like the work of a teenager who has seen too many B movies.
    • Full of sly jokes, riddles and metafictional high-jinks, his work had the voltage of a thriller (offering a rare voice of disapproval, the New Yorker critic James Wood accused his works of pedalling a “B-movie atmosphere”).

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。