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screen
screen
A n
1 Cin, Comput, TV écran m ; computer/television screen écran d'ordinateur/de télévision ; on screen Comput sur l'écran ; Cin, TV à l'écran ; the big screen fig le grand écran, le cinéma ; the small screen fig le petit écran, la télévision ; the screen fig le grand écran, le cinéma ; a star of stage and screen une vedette du théâtre et du cinéma ; he writes for the screen Cin il écrit pour le cinéma ; TV il écrit pour la télévision ; ⇒ on-screen ;
2 (panel) (decorative or for getting changed) paravent m ; (partition) cloison f mobile ; (to protect) écran m ; bullet-proof screen écran m pare-balles ; the hedge formed a screen which hid the house from the road la haie formait un écran qui rendait la maison invisible de la route ; a screen of trees un rideau d'arbres ;
3 fig (cover) couverture f ; to act as a screen for servir de couverture à [illegal activity] ;
4 Med visite f de dépistage ;
5 Mil rideau m ;
6 (sieve) crible m ;
7 US (in door) grille f.
B modif Cin [actor, star] de cinéma ; [appearance, debut, performance] cinématographique, au cinéma.
C vtr
1 (show on screen) Cin projeter [film] ; TV diffuser, transmettre [programme, film, event] ;
2 (shield) (conceal) cacher, masquer [person, house] ; (protect) protéger (from de) ; she wore a hat to screen her eyes from the sun elle portait un chapeau pour se protéger les yeux du soleil ; to screen sth from sight ou view cacher or masquer qch ;
3 (subject to test) Admin examiner le cas de [applicants, candidates] ; contrôler le statut de [refugees] ; (at airport) contrôler [baggage] ; Med faire passer des tests de dépistage à [person, patient] ; to be screened [staff] faire l'objet d'une enquête de sécurité ; to screen sb for cancer/Aids faire passer à qn des tests de dépistage du cancer/du sida ; to screen for cancer/Aids faire des tests de dépistage du cancer/du sida ;
4 (sieve) cribler.
Phrasal verbs
■ screen off :
▶ screen off [sth], screen [sth] off isoler [part of room, garden].
■ screen out :
▶ screen [sb] out, screen out [sb] refuser [candidate] ; refuser la demande (de statut) de [refugee] ;
▶ screen out [sth], screen [sth] out filtrer [unwanted data, nuisance calls] ; filtrer [light, noise].

Big English-French dictionary. 2003.

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