Definition von scene

Häufigkeit

scene

(siːn )

Wortformen:plural scenes

1. zählbares Substantiv

A scene in a play, film, or book is part of it in which a series of events happen in the same place.

I found the proposal scene tremendously poignant.

...the opening scene of 'A Christmas Carol'.

...love scenes.

...Act I, scene 1.

2. zählbares Substantiv [usually singular]

You refer to a place as a scene when you are describing its appearance and indicating what impression it makes on you.

It's a scene of complete devastation. [+ of]

Thick black smoke billowed over the scene.

You can just picture the scene, can't you?

3. zählbares Substantiv

You can describe an event that you see, or that is broadcast or shown in a picture, as a scene of a particular kind.

There were emotional scenes as the refugees enjoyed their first breath of freedom.

Television broadcasters were warned to exercise caution over depicting scenes of violence. [+ of]

It was a bizarre scene.

Synonyme:incident, happening, event, episode Weitere Synonyme von scene

4. zählbares Substantiv [usually singular]

The scene of an event is the place where it happened.

The area has been the scene of fierce fighting for three months. [+ of]

...traces left at the scene of a crime.

Fire and police crews rushed to the scene, but the couple were already dead.

Riot vans were on the scene in minutes.

Synonyme:site, place, setting, area Weitere Synonyme von scene

5. Singular

You can refer to an area of activity as a particular type of scene.

Sandman is a cult figure on the local music scene.

...when he first burst onto the national political scene at age 28.

...a youth guide to London's club scene.

6. zählbares Substantiv

Paintings and drawings of places are sometimes called scenes.

...James Lynch's country scenes.

Synonyme:view, prospect, panorama, vista Weitere Synonyme von scene

7. zählbares Substantiv [usually singular]

If you make a scene, you embarrass people by publicly showing your anger about something.

I'm sorry I made such a scene.

Synonyme:fuss, to-do, row, performance [informal] Weitere Synonyme von scene

behind the scenes

10.

a change of scene

11.

set the scene

12.

set the scene for sth

13.

on the scene/from the scene

14.

not be one's scene

Weitere Synonyme von scene

Video: pronunciation of 'scene'

Häufigkeit

scene in American

(sin ; sēn)

Substantiv

in ancient Greece or Rome, a theater stage

the place in which any event, real or imagined, occurs

the scene of a battle

the setting or locale of the action of a play, opera, story, etc.

the scene of Hamlet is Denmark

a division of a play, usually part of an act, in which conventionally the action is continuous and in a single place

a part of a play, film, story, etc. that constitutes a unit of development or action, as a passage between certain characters

b. Cinema

a section of a film, usually made up of a number of shots, which is unified by time, setting, characters, etc.

scenery (sense 1)

a view of people or places; picture or spectacle

an awkward or embarrassing display of strong or excited feeling before others

to make a scene in court

an episode, situation, or event, real or imaginary, esp. as described or represented

10. Informal

the locale or environment for a specified activity

the poetry scene

Redewendungen:

behind the scenes

make the scene

Wortherkunft von scene

MFr scène < L scena, scaena < Gr skēnē, covered place, tent, stage < IE base *s57457ai-, to gleam softly > shine

Häufigkeit

scene in British

(siːn )

Substantiv

the place where an action or event, real or imaginary, occurs

the setting for the action of a play, novel, etc

an incident or situation, real or imaginary, esp as described or represented

a subdivision of an act of a play, in which the time is continuous and the setting fixed

a single event, esp a significant one, in a play

5. cinema

a shot or series of shots that constitutes a unit of the action

the backcloths, stage setting, etc, for a play or film set; scenery

the prospect of a place, landscape, etc

a display of emotion, esp an embarrassing one to the onlookers

9. informal

the environment for a specific activity

the fashion scene

10. informal

interest or chosen occupation

classical music is not my scene

11. rare

the stage, esp of a theatre in ancient Greece or Rome

12. behind the scenes

Wortherkunft von scene

C16: from Latin scēna theatrical stage, from Greek skēnē tent, stage

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That school was used for the chapel and the playing field scenes. Times, Sunday Times (2008)You can picture the opening scene already. Times, Sunday Times (2007)The political scene will be the liveliest since devolution. Times, Sunday Times (2006)We all jumped back into the car and raced away from the scene of the crime. Frankie Dettori with Jonathan Powell FRANKIE: The Autobiography of Frankie Dettori (2004)This would set the scene for an intriguing clash of philosophies in the back row. Times, Sunday Times (2013)Only in the last few scenes does the film weaken. Times, Sunday Times (2008)The court heard that police and ambulances arrived at the scene of the staged accident. Times, Sunday Times (2013)It is the best scene in the book. The Times Literary Supplement (2013)What they did not know was that behind the scenes cheerleading had changed. Times, Sunday Times (2010)So filming their first scenes since her comeback was emotional for both of them. The Sun (2015)It was like a scene from a play. Smout, T.C. & Wood, Sydney Scottish Voices 1745-1960 (1990)It can help draw attention to an area of a scene that would normally be too bland to be noticed. Freeman, Michael Collins Complete Guide to Photography (1993) Picture the scene if you dare. Times, Sunday Times (2015)The scenes were pictures from my first school Bible. Aidan Hartley THE ZANZIBAR CHEST: A Memoir of Love and War (2003)The Chariots of Fire beach running scene just gets me. Christianity Today (2000)In shocking scenes, she ages by decades and is left a wrinkly OAP! The Sun (2008)