frame

名词 frame:

1. a structure supporting or containing something
   同义词：framework, framing
2. one of a series of still transparent photographs on a strip of film used in making movies
3. alternative names for the body of a human being
   同义词：human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, form, flesh
4. a period of play in baseball during which each team has a turn at bat
   同义词：inning
5. the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
   同义词：skeletal system, skeleton, systema skeletale
6. the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
   同义词：skeleton, skeletal frame, underframe

动词 frame:

1. enclose in or as if in a frame
   同义词：frame in, border
2. enclose in a frame, as of a picture
3. take or catch as if in a snare or trap
   同义词：ensnare, entrap, set up
4. formulate in a particular style or language
   同义词：redact, cast, put, couch
5. make up plans or basic details for
   同义词：compose, draw up
6. construct by fitting or uniting parts together
   同义词：frame up

1. Sobs shook her slender frame.
   她抽泣著，苗条的身体都在颤动。
2. In a silver frame on the table there is a photograph of her husband.
   在桌上的银相框里有张她丈夫的照片。
3. This athlete has a powerful frame.
   这位运动员有着魁梧的体格。
4. The government is framing a new bill to control gambling.
   政府在制定新的法案以控制赌博。

frame

v.（动词）
framed,fram.ing,frames
v.tr.（及物动词）
To build by putting together the structural parts of; construct:
构造，建造：通过把各部分搭在一起而建造；构筑：
例句：
frame a house.
建造一房屋

To conceive or design:
想出或设计：
例句：
framed an alternate proposal.
想了一个供选择的计划

To arrange or adjust for a purpose:
拟定设计：为某一目的安排或调整：
例句：
The question was framed to draw only one answer.
这个问题被限定只能有一个答案

To put into words; formulate:
说出；表达：
例句：
frame a reply.
口头答复

To form (words) silently with the lips.
嗫嚅着说
To enclose in or as if in a frame:
装框：被或好象被围在架框中：
例句：
frame a painting.
框住一幅画

Informal
【非正式用语】
To make up evidence or contrive events so as to incriminate (a person) falsely.
诬害捏造：为诬告（某人）而捏造证据或策划事件
To prearrange (a contest) so as to ensure a desired fraudulent outcome; fix:
预先安排，串通：为保证能得到渴望的欺骗性结果而预先安排（比赛）；串通：
例句：
frame a prizefight.
预先安排职业拳击赛

v.intr.（不及物动词）
Archaic To go; proceed.
【古语】 前进；进行
Obsolete To manage; contrive.
【废语】 试图；设法做到
n.Abbr. fr.（名词）缩写 fr.
Something composed of parts fitted and joined together.
结构，组织：由被安装或连接在一起的部分组成的事物
A structure that gives shape or support:
骨架，架子：使成形或起支撑作用的框架结构：
例句：
the frame of a house.
房屋的骨架

An open structure or rim for encasing, holding, or bordering:
框，架：一种敞口的框子或构架，用以围绕、容纳或支承某物：
例句：
a window frame; the frame of a mirror.
窗框；镜框

A closed, often rectangular border of drawn or printed lines.
边框：画或印刷的一封闭的通常呈矩形的线条
Often frames A pair of eyeglasses, excluding the lenses.
常作 frames 无镜片的眼镜
The structure of a human or animal body; physique:
骨架：人或动物躯体的结构；体格：
例句：
a worker`s sturdy frame.
工人的强健体魄

A cold frame.
植物防寒温室
A general structure or system:
总体结构或体系：
例句：
the frame of government.
政府体制

A general state or condition:
大致的状态或形势：
例句：
The news put me into a better frame of mind.
这则消息使我的心境更愉快

Sports Games
【体育运动】 【游戏】
A round or period of play in some games, such as bowling and billiards.
一局，一回合：一些游戏（如保龄球与台球）的一局或一回合
Baseball An inning.
【棒球】 一局
A single picture on a roll of movie film.
画面：电影的一系列画面中的单独一个
The total area of a complete picture in television broadcasting.
帧：电视传送的一个完整图象全部的面积
Informal A frame-up.
【非正式用语】 诬陷
A single step in a sequence of programmed instruction.
帧：一系列循序渐进的拟定的教学法的单个步骤
Obsolete Shape; form.
【废语】 形态；构造

来源：
Middle English framen
中古英语 framen
from Old English framian [to further]
源自 古英语 framian [促进]
from fram [forward] * see from
源自 fram [向前的] *参见 from