cinemas
cinemas — 名詞
- cinemassingular
- cinemasesplural
1. a building with one or more large screens where the public can go to watch films
電影院
放映電影的場所
a building with one or more large screens where the public can go to watch films that are shown at set times
Wei Chen bought two tickets at the new cinema near the train station.
Wei Chen 在火車站附近的新電影院買了兩張票。
count noun: a cinema
The cinema on High Street shows classic films every Tuesday evening.
High Street 上的那家電影院每週二晚上放映經典電影。
definite article: the cinema
Kenji and his friends met outside the cinema ten minutes before the show began.
Kenji 和朋友們在電影院外面碰面，距離開演還有十分鐘。
That old cinema only has one screen and seats about eighty people.
那間老電影院只有一個放映廳，約可容納八十人。
The cinema was nearly empty, so Ana found a great seat right away.
電影院裡幾乎空無一人，Ana 很快就找到了一個好位子。
- movie theatre
more common in American English; 'cinema' is the usual term in British English
- picture house
an older, less common British term with a slightly nostalgic tone
文法句型
the cinema / a cinema
用法筆記
In everyday speech, the form 'the cinema' is far more common than 'the cinemas' for referring to a single building, though 'cinemas' appears in signs, listings, and plural contexts.
常見錯誤
2. the activity of going to a building where films are shown, especially as a form
看電影
去電影院觀賞影片的活動
the activity of going to a building where films are shown, especially as a form of entertainment shared with other people
Fatima and her classmates love going to the cinemas on Saturday afternoons.
Fatima 和同學們很喜歡星期六下午去看電影。
pattern: going to the cinemas
Going to the cinema is a popular weekend activity for many families in Taipei.
對台北許多家庭來說，去電影院是週末很受歡迎的活動。
pattern: going to the cinema (singular, same meaning)
Siti suggested they go to the cinemas after dinner to see the new comedy.
Siti 建議他們晚餐後去看電影，欣賞那部新喜劇片。
Theo rarely goes to the cinema because he prefers watching films at home.
Theo 很少去電影院，因為他比較喜歡在家看電影。
- going to the movies
the standard American English equivalent of 'going to the cinema'
文法句型
go to the cinema / the cinemas
用法筆記
This sense appears only in phrases about going to watch a film. 'Cinema' (singular) and 'cinemas' (plural) are interchangeable in this pattern in many varieties of English, though the singular 'the cinema' is more frequent worldwide.
常見錯誤
3. the art, business, and cultural world of making and showing films, considered as
電影業
電影製作與發行的藝術與產業
the art, business, and cultural world of making and showing films, considered as a whole across a country, region, or historical period
Korean cinema has gained worldwide popularity over the past twenty years.
韓國電影業在過去二十年間獲得了全球性的歡迎。
pattern: [country] + cinema
Lucia is studying film history to understand how Italian cinema reflects social change.
Lucia 正在學習電影史，想了解義大利電影業如何反映社會變遷。
The cinema of the 1990s saw a huge rise in computer-generated special effects.
1990 年代的電影產業見證了電腦特效技術的大幅提升。
Chidi hopes to work in African cinema as a director or a screenwriter.
Chidi 希望將來能在非洲電影界擔任導演或編劇。
Dmitri wrote his thesis on the influence of French cinema on modern storytelling.
Dmitri 的論文探討了法國電影業對現代敘事手法的影響。
- film industry
more neutral and business-focused; 'cinema' carries a slightly more artistic or cultural connotation
- the movies
an informal American English term that can refer to the industry as a whole
- motion pictures
a more formal and dated term for the medium
文法句型
[country/region/era] + cinema
用法筆記
In this sense 'cinema' is uncountable and takes no article except in constructions like 'the cinema of the 1990s'. It cannot be made plural ('cinemas') when referring to the art or industry.