letterboxing
letterboxing — 名詞
- letterboxingsingular
- letterboxingsplural
1. a display technique for video or film in which the complete wide-frame image is
黑邊格式
寬銀幕上下加黑邊的顯示方式
a display technique for video or film in which the complete wide-frame image is shown on a differently shaped screen by placing horizontal black bars above and below the picture.
Hugo watched a 1950s western on his tablet, shown with letterboxing to keep the original wide view.
Hugo 用平板看了一部1950年代的西部片，畫面以黑邊格式呈現，保留了完整的寬銀幕畫面。
shown with letterboxing — common passive pattern
Anong explained that letterboxing preserves the director's original framing without cutting off the sides.
Anong 解釋說，黑邊格式保留了導演的原始構圖，不會切掉兩側。
Lisa finds letterboxing distracting on her phone when she watches old action films, because the image becomes a narrow strip.
Lisa 覺得在手機上看老電影時黑邊格式很礙眼，因為畫面變得像一條窄窄的帶子。
Yasmin's Blu-ray of Lawrence of Arabia offered a choice between letterboxing and filling the whole TV screen.
Yasmin 的《阿拉伯的勞倫斯》藍光片可以選擇黑邊格式或填滿整個電視螢幕。
choice between letterboxing and — contrastive collocation
Meera noticed that letterboxing on her laptop adds black bands which cover nearly a third of the display.
Meera 注意到她的筆電使用黑邊格式時，黑色區域佔了將近三分之一的畫面。
- with letterboxing
- letterboxing effect
- use letterboxing
- letterboxing bars
- letterbox format
equivalent term, slightly more formal
- widescreen presentation
broader term that includes other widescreen methods
- pan and scan
the opposite technique, which crops the sides of a widescreen image to fill a narrower screen
- full-screen formatting
a method that stretches or crops the image to avoid black bars
用法筆記
This sense is an uncountable mass noun. Do not say 'a letterboxing' to mean a single instance — instead use 'letterboxing effect' or 'letterboxed format'. Distinct from sense 2 and 3 (physical objects); this sense is specific to film and video technology.
常見錯誤
2. a long narrow opening cut into a door or the wall beside it, fitted with a movab
投信口
門上投遞信件的長窄開口
a long narrow opening cut into a door or the wall beside it, fitted with a movable flap, through which letters and small packages are pushed into a house or building.
Tunde installed a metal flap over the letterboxing on the front door to stop cold drafts from the hallway.
Tunde 在大門的投信口上加裝了一個小金屬蓋，防止冷風吹進走廊。
cover over the letterboxing — common collocation
Hui pushed the padded envelope through the letterboxing on the office door and heard it land on the mat inside.
Hui 將墊有泡泡紙的信封從辦公室的投信口塞進去，聽到它落在裡面的地墊上。
through the letterboxing — prepositional pattern
The old brass letterboxing on Talia's cottage door was so narrow that thick magazines got stuck halfway through.
Talia 家 cottage 大門上那個老舊的銅製投信口太窄了，厚雜誌塞到一半就卡住了。
Constanza painted the edges of the letterboxing bright red so the postman could spot it from the garden gate.
Constanza 把投信口的邊緣漆成亮紅色，讓郵差從花園門口就能一眼看到。
- through the letterboxing
- cover over the letterboxing
- letterboxing flap
- mail slot
standard American English term for the same fixture
- letter slot
less common synonym, mainly in formal building descriptions
文法句型
letterboxing + [preposition: through/in]
3. a tall metal container placed on a pavement or in a public square where people c
郵筒
街道上投遞信件的金屬容器
a tall metal container placed on a pavement or in a public square where people can deposit letters for the postal service to collect and send onward.
Ari walked to the corner letterboxing to post the wedding invitation before the final collection at five o'clock.
Ari 走到轉角的郵筒去寄婚禮邀請函，趕在五點最後一次收件之前。
corner letterboxing — locative collocation
The red letterboxing on High Street is emptied twice a day by postal workers in small vans.
High Street 上的紅色郵筒每天由郵務人員開小貨車清空兩次。
Zayd dropped the rent cheque into the nearest letterboxing on his way so it went out that day.
Zayd 在途中把房租支票投入最近的郵筒，這樣當天就能寄出去。
into the letterboxing — prepositional pattern
Eliska checked the collection times printed on the side of the metal letterboxing before posting her package.
Eliska 在寄包裹前確認了金屬郵筒側面印著的收件時間。
- into the letterboxing
- letterboxing on [street name]
- metal letterboxing
letterboxing — 動詞
- letterboxingpresent simple I / you / we / they
- letterboxings3rd person singular
- letterboxinging-ing form
- letterboxingedpast simple
1. to present a video or film in its original wide-frame shape when the display has
加黑邊
加上下黑邊以保留寬銀幕比例
to present a video or film in its original wide-frame shape when the display has a different ratio, so the full width stays visible while dark bands appear above and below the image.
The streaming service letterboxes all classic films to keep their original cinema proportions.
那家串流服務將所有經典電影都設為加黑邊顯示，以保留原始的電影比例。
letterboxes + all classic films — transitive pattern with plural object
Léa noticed that the old TV show was letterboxed on her new smartphone screen.
Léa 注意到那部舊電視節目在她的新手機螢幕上是加黑邊顯示的。
passive: was letterboxed on [device]
The documentary director chose not to letterbox the Grand Canyon drone footage, keeping it full screen for maximum impact.
那位紀錄片導演決定不對大峽谷的空拍畫面加黑邊，讓畫面保持全螢幕以達到最大視覺效果。
Indra's new classroom projector can letterbox an old slide presentation automatically when she plugs in her laptop.
Indra 的新教室投影機可以在她接上筆電時，自動將舊簡報畫面加黑邊顯示。
Lakshmi tried to letterbox a Bollywood film on her grandmother's square TV, but the picture looked like a narrow strip.
Lakshmi 試著在祖母的方型電視上將寶萊塢電影加黑邊顯示，結果畫面變得非常窄。
- letterbox a film
- letterbox the image
- letterboxed on [screen/device]
- show in letterbox format
a longer phrasal alternative; less common as a single verb
- pan-and-scan
the opposite process of cropping the sides to fill the screen without black bars
- stretch
distorting the image to fill the full screen, which changes the proportions
文法句型
letterbox + [direct object: film/video/image]
be letterboxed + [adverbial: on/in]
用法筆記
Frequently used in the passive voice (e.g. 'the film is letterboxed'). Not to be confused with the unrelated hobby 'letterboxing' (a type of treasure hunt with stamps and notebooks), which the online consolidated source drops as unsupported.
常見錯誤
同根字
- letterbox名詞B1
- letterbox動詞B2
- letterboxed形容詞B2