widescreen

widescreen — adjective

1. describes a television, computer monitor, or phone screen that is wider compared

1.形容詞A2
釋義

describes a television, computer monitor, or phone screen that is wider compared to a standard screen, giving you a larger viewing area and clearer images.

例句

Linh bought a new widescreen monitor for editing her travel photos.

attributive use: widescreen + monitor

The widescreen television in the living room showed the match with amazing clarity.

同義詞
  • wide

    can be used in any position in a sentence ('the screen is wide'), while widescreen is normally only before a noun

反義詞
  • standard

    refers to a traditional screen shape that is less wide; often called 'fullscreen' or '4:3'

文法句型

widescreen + noun

用法筆記

Always used before a noun — you cannot say 'the screen is widescreen' in everyday English. Instead say 'the screen is wide' or 'it has a widescreen display.'

常見錯誤

❌My new phone is widescreen.
✅My new phone has a widescreen display.
💡widescreen is an attributive adjective, so it normally goes before a noun.

2. describes a film, video, or image that has been created or adjusted to suit disp

2.形容詞A2
釋義

describes a film, video, or image that has been created or adjusted to suit displays whose horizontal size is greater than that of a traditional boxy screen.

例句

The streaming service now offers the classic film in a widescreen version.

collocation: widescreen version

Saira always chooses the widescreen option when she downloads a movie.

同義詞
  • letterbox

    describes the black bars above and below the image when widescreen content is shown on a squarer screen; more technical

反義詞
  • fullscreen

    describes content that fills a traditional 4:3 screen by cropping or stretching the image

文法句型

widescreen + noun

常見錯誤

❌I watched the film in widescreen television.
✅I watched the widescreen version of the film on my television.
💡widescreen describes the content, not the device, in this sense.

widescreen — noun