silver sheet

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A thin sheet of silver, e.g. used in metalworking or jewellery.
  2. A cinema screen onto which movies are projected. colloquial,dated
    — Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, producers of Paramount Pictures today, has its product displayed upon the silver sheet in every country where there is a projection machine.
  3. By extension, movies, the film industry, or that which is related to movies or cinema (often preceded with "the") dated,idiomatic
    — After years in local theatre productions, he made his debut on the silver sheet and became known around the world.

词形变化

silver sheets plural

词源

Cinematic senses derive from late 19th and early 20th century cinema screens which in some cases had a coating of reflective metallic paint, known as silver screens or silver sheets.
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