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small screen

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˈsmall ˌscreen noun  the small screen television – used especially when comparing television to the cinema 电视 〔尤用于和电影比较〕 big screen a film made for the small screen 电视电影
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small screenLaunched this summer, the Discman displays data on a small screen.Tobacco is barred from the seductive small screen while spirits are subject to a voluntary telly ban.And the small screen turned milky white.In our homes we associate the small screen with entertainment.But, increasingly, films look like they were designed for the small screen.The chief effect of his Bill would have been the banning of almost all images of homosexuality from the small screen.Lamar Alexander, he has not let it affect his self-confidence on the small screen.A hard act to follow, but its stars are confident that the small screen version will prove just as popular.
ˈsmall ˌscreen nounChineseSyllable
comparing the television especially when television Corpus used to


small screen
ˈsmall ˌscreen noun
the small screen television – used especially when comparing television to the cinema ⇨ big screen:
    a film made for the small screen