stunt

noun

/stʌnt/

a dangerous and difficult action that somebody does to entertain people, especially as part of a film（尤指电影中的）特技表演
- He did all his own stunts.所有特技都是他自己演的。
- a stunt pilot特技飞行员
- a stunt flying team特技飞行队
Collocations Cinema/the movies
Cinema/the movies电影Watching观看
- go to/take somebody to (see) a film
- go to/sit in (British English) the cinema/(North American English) the (movie) theater去／在看电影
- rent a film/DVD
- download/stream a film
- burn/copy/rip a DVD刻录／复制／转压一张 DVD 碟片
- see/watch a film/DVD/preview/trailer
Showing放映；播放
- show/screen a film
- promote/distribute/review a film
- (British English) be on at the cinema在电影院上映
- be released on/come out on/be out on DVD发行 DVD
- captivate/delight/grip/thrill the audience使观众着迷／高兴／感兴趣／激动
- do well/badly at the box office票房好／不好
- get a lot of/live up to the hype受到大肆炒作；与天花乱坠的广告宣传相符
Film-making电影制作
- write/co-write a film/script/screenplay
- direct/produce/make/shoot/edit a film/sequel
- make a romantic comedy/a thriller/an action movie拍摄一部浪漫喜剧／惊悚片／动作片
- do/work on a sequel/remake拍摄续集；重拍
- film/shoot the opening scene/an action sequence/footage (of something)拍摄（…的）开场戏／一套动作／连续镜头
- compose/create/do/write the soundtrack制作电影声带
- cut/edit (out) a scene/sequence剪辑掉一个镜头／一组镜头
Acting表演
- have/get/do an audition试演
- get/have/play a leading/starring/supporting role得以饰演／饰演主角／配角
- play a character/James Bond/the bad guy饰演一个人物／詹姆斯 · 邦德／反面角色
- act in/appear in/star in a film/remake
- do/perform/attempt a stunt做／尝试特技表演
- work in/make it big in Hollywood在好莱坞工作／取得成功
- forge/carve/make/pursue a career in Hollywood在好莱坞闯出／追求一番事业
Describing films描述电影
- the camera pulls back/pans over something/zooms in (on something)
- the camera focuses on something/lingers on something
- shoot somebody/show somebody in extreme close-up用特写镜头拍摄／表现某人
- use odd/unusual camera angles采用奇特的／不同寻常的摄影机角度
- be filmed/shot on location/in a studio在外景地／摄影棚拍摄
- be set/take place in London/in the ’60s以伦敦／60 年代为背景
- have a happy ending/plot twist有美满的结局／出人意料的情节转折
Topics Film and theatreb2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- dangerous
- daredevil
- daring
- …
verb + stunt
- do
- perform
- attempt
- …
stunt + verb
- go wrong
stunt + noun
- coordinator
- man
- woman
- …
(sometimes disapproving) something that is done in order to attract people’s attention意在引人注意的花招；噱头
- They jumped off London Bridge as a publicity stunt.他们跳伦敦桥作为宣传噱头。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- PR
- promotional
- publicity
- …
verb + stunt
- arrange
- organize
- stage
- …
stunt + verb
- backfire
preposition
- as a stunt
(informal) a stupid or dangerous act愚蠢行为；危险举动
- I've had enough of her childish stunts.她那些幼稚的愚蠢行为我受够了。
- Don't you ever pull a stunt like that again!你再别那样逞能了！
- What was the point of tonight's little stunt?今晚这个小花招有什么意义？

词源noun late 19th cent. (originally US college slang): of unknown origin.

stunt

verb

/stʌnt/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they stunt	/stʌnt/ /stʌnt/
he / she / it stunts	/stʌnts/ /stʌnts/
past simple stunted	/ˈstʌntɪd/ /ˈstʌntɪd/
past participle stunted	/ˈstʌntɪd/ /ˈstʌntɪd/
-ing form stunting	/ˈstʌntɪŋ/ /ˈstʌntɪŋ/

stunt somebody/something to prevent somebody/something from growing or developing as much as they/it should阻碍生长；妨碍发展；遏制
- The constant winds had stunted the growth of plants and bushes.老是刮风，花草、灌木长不大。
- His illness had not stunted his creativity.疾病没有扼杀他的创造力。
词源verb late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘bring to an abrupt halt’): from dialect stunt ‘foolish, stubborn’, of Germanic origin; perhaps related to stump.