English Dictionary

screen

IPA（発音記号）

/skɹiːn/

動詞

To filter by passing through a screen. / To shelter or conceal. / To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing. To hide the facts.

日本語の意味

（物を）ふるいにかける、ろ過する / （物を）隠す、覆い隠す / 情報や内容を検閲する、削除する

We need to screen the compost to remove large debris before using it in the garden.

庭で使う前に、大きなごみを取り除くために堆肥をふるいにかける必要があります。

意味（1）

To filter by passing through a screen.

Mary screened the beans to remove the clumps of gravel.

意味（2）

To shelter or conceal.

意味（3）

To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing. To hide the facts.

The news report was screened because it accused the politician of wrongdoing.

意味（4）

(film, television) To present publicly (on the screen).

The news report will be screened at 11:00 tonight.

意味（5）

To fit with a screen.

We need to screen this porch. These bugs are driving me crazy.

意味（6）

(medicine) To examine patients or treat a sample in order to detect a chemical or a disease, or to assess susceptibility to a disease.

意味（7）

(molecular biology) To search chemical libraries by means of a computational technique in order to identify chemical compounds which would potentially bind to a given biological target such as a protein.

意味（8）

(basketball) To stand so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.

意味（9）

To determine the source or subject matter of a call before deciding whether to answer the phone.

A Phone to Screen Calls

screens （ present singular third-person ）

screening （ participle present ）

screened （ participle past ）

screened （ past ）