on-screen
adverb
(alsoonscreen,on screen)uk/ˌɒnˈskriːn/us/ˌɑːnˈskriːn/(of a perfomer,actor, etc.) whenappearingin afilm, on a TV show, etc.,ratherthan inreallife:
The twoactorshaveamazingchemistryon-screen.
Onscreen, she isfullofsurprises.
I didn'twantto have my firstkissonscreen.
on thescreen, so that thepeoplewho arewatchingorlookingat thescreencansee:
Children oftencopywhat theyseeon-screen.
You can use thedevicetoscantheimageandreproduceit onscreenin anelectronicformat.
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off-screenadverb
Cinema - general words
- 12A
- animation
- animator
- audio described
- audio description
- fade
- filmic
- filming
- filmstrip
- flick
- footage
- franchise
- projection
- Rambo
- remake
- rerelease
- rescreen
- reshoot
- sting
- theatrical
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Broadcasting: television
on-screen
adjective
(alsoonscreen)uk/ˌɒnˈskriːn/us/ˌɑːnˈskriːn/used fordescribingaperformer,actor, etc. when they areappearingin afilm, on a TV show, etc.,ratherthan intheirownlife:
Her on-screenhusbandis also herpartnerinreallife.她银幕上的丈夫也是她现实生活中的伴侣。
Is the on-screenrivalrybetween thebrothersreal?
appearingon thescreen, sopeoplewatchingorlookingat thescreencansee:
Follow the on-screeninstructions.
Someprogrammeshave an onscreensignlanguageinterpreter.
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off-screenadjective
Communications - general words
- anti-satellite
- app
- autodial
- autodialler
- cable
- cybernetics
- fibre optics
- hack
- multipath
- noise
- non-computer
- non-network
- optical fibre
- patch
- patchsomeonethrough
- pick
- silent
- trace
- Zoombomber
- Zoombombing
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Cinema - general words
Broadcasting: television