transcription, транскрипция: [ si:n ]
( scenes)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
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 scene in which Percy proposed to Olive tremendously poignant.
...the opening scene of ‘A Christmas Carol’.
N-COUNT
2.
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...
Thick black smoke billowed over the scene...
N-COUNT : usu sing
3.
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...
N-COUNT : with supp
4.
The scene of an event is the place where it happened.
The area has been the scene of fierce fighting for three months...
Fire and police crews rushed to the scene, but the couple were already dead...
N-COUNT : usu sing , oft N of n
5.
You can refer to an area of activity as a particular type of scene .
Sandman is a cult figure on the local music scene.
N-SING : supp N , usu the supp N
6.
Paintings and drawings of places are sometimes called scenes .
...James Lynch’s country scenes.
N-COUNT : usu with supp
7.
If you make a scene , you embarrass people by publicly showing your anger about something.
I’m sorry I made such a scene.
N-COUNT : usu sing
8.
If something is done behind the scenes , it is done secretly rather than publicly.
But behind the scenes Mr Cain will be working quietly to try to get a deal done.
PHRASE : PHR with cl , PHR n
9.
If you refer to what happens behind the scenes , you are referring to what happens during the making of a film, play, or radio or television programme.
It’s an exciting opportunity to learn what goes on behind the scenes.
PHRASE : PHR after v , PHR n
10.
If you have a change of scene , you go somewhere different after being in a particular place for a long time.
What you need is a change of scene. Why not go on a cruise?
PHRASE : usu v PHR
11.
If you set the scene for someone, you tell them what they need to know in order to understand what is going to happen or be said next.
But first to set the scene: I was having a drink with my ex-boyfriend.
PHRASE : V inflects
12.
Something that sets the scene for a particular event creates the conditions in which the event is likely to happen.
Gillespie’s goal set the scene for an exciting second half.
PHRASE : V inflects
13.
When a person or thing appears on the scene , they come into being or become involved in something. When they disappear from the scene , they are no longer there or are no longer involved.
He could react rather jealously when and if another child comes on the scene...
PHRASE : usu v PHR