microfilm

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A continuous roll of film containing photographs of documents at a greatly reduced size. countable,uncountable
    — This detail made it easier, decades later, when I was browsing through reels of microfilms of The New York Times, to establish that morning’s date.
动词 v.
  1. To reproduce (documents) on such film. transitive
    — Power set up a camera in the British Museum and eventually microfilmed many pre-1640 English books that he selected from Pollard and Redgrave’s Short-Title Catalogue (STC) and other important works in the museum’s collections.

词形变化

microfilms plural microfilms present,singular,third-person microfilming participle,present microfilmed participle,past microfilmed past

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.?
Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós)der.
English micro-
Proto-Indo-European *pel-der.
Proto-Germanic *felma-
Proto-Germanic *filmīn-
Old English filmen
Middle English filme
English film
English microfilm
From micro- + film.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.?
Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós)der.
English micro-
Proto-Indo-European *pel-der.
Proto-Germanic *felma-
Proto-Germanic *filmīn-
Old English filmen
Middle English filme
English film
English microfilm
From micro- + film.
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