喜樂美語

核心畫面

Picture a dark hall with rows of seats all turned towards one big bright screen. That room is the first thing cinema names. From there the word stretches in two easy steps: first to the evening you spend in that room (going to the cinema), and then to everything that fills the screen — the films themselves, and the whole art and business of making them. Room, outing, art form: one bright in the dark holds all three.

可以想成一個暗暗的大廳，一排排座位全都朝著同一面發亮的大銀幕。cinema 最先指的比較像那個空間。從那裡，這個字很…更多收起可以想成一個暗暗的大廳，一排排座位全都朝著同一面發亮的大銀幕。cinema 最先指的比較像那個空間。從那裡，這個字很自然地往外長：先長成你在那個空間裡度過的那個晚上（go to the cinema 看電影），再長成銀幕上放的一切——影片本身，以及拍片這門藝術和這個行業。場所、活動、藝術，就像都是從黑暗中那塊發亮的長方形延伸出來的。

Two branches

看電影的場所與那件事

最貼近核心畫面的一路：先是那個房間，再是你在那個房間裡做的事。英式英文特別愛用這一路，所以 the cinema 常常不是在講建築物，而是在講「去看電影」這個活動。

movie theater · noun · A1

a building where people go to watch films on a big screen.

電影院

電影這門藝術與行業

把視線從座位移到銀幕上：既然 cinema 是那塊銀幕所在的地方，它也就順勢用來指銀幕上放的那整套東西——一整門說故事的藝術，和拍片、發行的整個行業。

filmmaking as an art · noun · A1

the skill or business of making films, or films as an art form.

電影業；電影藝術

原始詞典資料6 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。

cinemanoun/ˈsɪn.ə.mə/

  • 1

    A movie theatre, a movie house.

    • The cinema is right across the street from the restaurant.
  • 2

    broadcastingfilmmediaFilms collectively.

    • Despite the critics, he produced excellent cinema.
  • 3

    broadcastingfilmmediaThe film and movie industry.

    • In the long history of Spanish cinema[…].
    • Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.
  • 4

    broadcastingfilmmediaThe art of making films and movies; cinematography.

    • Throughout the history of cinema, filmmakers[…].
    • The French and Italian cinemas can seem to persist autonomously—in the sense of being spaces of separate development and marked difference from Hollywood and other national cinemas.
  • 5

    A sophisticated or exemplary film, representative of the art of cinema.

  • 6

    A sophisticated or exemplary film, representative of the art of cinema.

    • That game was absolute cinema.

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。