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newsreel

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Film, Communications
news·reel /ˈnjuːzriːl $ ˈnuːz-/ noun [countable]  AMFTCa short film of news that was shown in cinemas in the past 〔旧时在电影院播放的〕新闻短片
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newsreelA film, newsreel and illustrations of the tunnels in use bring the atmosphere of Hellfire Corner to life.It seemed, to me, like newsreel footage from abroad.It produced 100 million francs and plenty of newsreel showing sacks of letters being unloaded in Colombey.The image of his sister, playing like an old newsreel, seemed to suspend one memory with another.The memory was like an old newsreel.We see newsreel footage of cavalry, blazing buildings, war planes - from revolutions, civil war, world war.The ending is a cinematic cop-out using newsreel photo-montage and a walk-on by Nelson Mandela.
news·reel nounChineseSyllable
was of film short Corpus that a news


newsreel
newsreel /ˈnjuːzriːl $ ˈnuːz-/ noun [countable]
a short film of news that was shown in cinemas in the past


news·reelBrE /ˈnjuːzriːl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈnuːzriːl/ 🔊 nouna short film of news that was shown in the past in cinemas/movie theaters (旧时在电影院播放的)新闻短片