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motion picture

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Film
ˌmotion ˈpicture noun [countable] especially American English formal  AMFa film made for the cinema 电影 SYN movie the motion picture industry 电影业
Examples from the Corpus
motion pictureOn a motion picture I have a team of anywhere from one hundred to two hundred people.She became adept at filming with a motion picture camera as well as still camera.a major motion picture from Tri-StarThe revolution began with the invention of motion picture film early in the twentieth century.Creativity is required, then, for the banker as well as the motion picture director.It is possible to teach every branch of human knowledge with the motion picture.
ˌmotion ˈpicture nounChineseSyllable
film the Corpus made a cinema for


motion picture
ˌmotion ˈpicture noun [countable] especially American English formal
a film made for the cinema
   SYN  movie:
    the motion picture industry


motion pictureBrE /ˌməʊʃn ˈpɪktʃə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˌmoʊʃn ˈpɪktʃər/ 🔊 noun (especially NAmE) a film/movie that is made for the cinema 电影