1 a border of wood or metal that goes around the outside of a door, picture, window, etc (门、画、窗等的)框:
a window frame窗框
2 the basic strong structure of a piece of furniture, building, vehicle, etc which gives it its shape (家具、建筑物、车辆等的)骨架,支架:
the frame of a bicycle/an aircraft自行车╱飞机的骨架☞picture at bicycle 见bicycle插图
3 [usu.pl] a structure made of plastic or metal that holds the two pieces of glass (lenses) in a pair of glasses 眼镜框
☞picture at glasses 见glasses插图
4 [usu.sing] the basic shape of a human or animal body (人或动物的)体格,骨架:
He has a large frame but he's not fat.他个子大,可不算胖。
frame of mind a particular state or condition of your feelings; the mood 心情;心境;情绪:
I'm not in the right frame of mind for a party. I'd prefer to be on my own.我心情不好,不想去酒会,宁可一个人清静点。
frame²
/freɪm ||; frem/verb[T]
1 to put a border around sth (especially a picture or photograph) (给图画、照片等)装框:
Let's have this photograph framed.我们给这张相片配个框吧。
2 (usually passive 通常用于被动语态) to give false evidence against sb in order to make him/her seem guilty of a crime 罗织罪名;提供伪证;诬陷:
The man claimed that he had been framed by the police.这个男人说他被警方诬陷了。
3 (formal 正式) to express sth in a particular way 以某种方式表达:
The question was very carefully framed.这个问题问得很谨慎。
frame1/frem; freIm/n [C] 1 the wood or metal part around something such as a picture or window 框架﹐边框: a picture in a wooden frame 一幅镶有木画框的画door/window/picture frame 门框/窗框/画框2 the main structure of a building, vehicle, or piece of furniture〔建筑物﹑车辆或家具的〕构架﹐框架: a bicycle frame 自行车车架see picture at见 BICYCLE 图3 the shape of someone's body 体形﹐身材: her slender frame 她苗条的身材4 frames [plural 复数] the part of a pair of GLASSES that holds the LENSES 眼镜框﹐镜架5 frame of mind the way you feel 精神状态﹔心情: I’ll wait until she's in a more positive frame of mind. 我等着她心情转好。TIME FRAME
frame2v [T] 1 to surround something or someone and make them look attractive 给…做框﹔给…镶边: Her hair was cut so that it framed her face. 她的头发剪成正好框住她的脸。2 to put a picture or photograph into a frame 给〔画或照片〕装框: a framed portrait 装有画框的一幅肖像画3 to deliberately make someone seem guilty of a crime when they are not 陷害﹐诬告: Murphy claims he was framed by his partner. 墨菲称自己遭搭档诬陷。
frameframeframes1noun1a thin piece of wood or metal round the edge of a picture, window, mirror, etc.2strong pieces of wood or metal that give something its shape: the frame of the bicycle3the metal or plastic round the edge of a pair of glassesframe of mindthat way that you feel at a particular timesame meaningmood: I'm not in the right frame of mind for a party.frameframeframesframedframing2verb (frames, framing, framed)to put a picture in a frame: Let's have this photograph framed.