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 scene /ˈsin/
 場,景,情景,鏡頭,發生地點,道具,布景,景色

 scene

 scene
 場面; 場景

 scene
 景 場

 Scene n.
 1. The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with its adjuncts and decorations; the stage.
 2. The decorations and fittings of a stage, representing the place in which the action is supposed to go on; one of the slides, or other devices, used to give an appearance of reality to the action of a play; as, to paint scenes; to shift the scenes; to go behind the scenes.
 3. So much of a play as passes without change of locality or time, or important change of character; hence, a subdivision of an act; a separate portion of a play, subordinate to the act, but differently determined in different plays; as, an act of four scenes.
    My dismal scene I needs must act alone.   --Shak.
 4. The place, time, circumstance, etc., in which anything occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is laid; surroundings amid which anything is set before the imagination; place of occurrence, exhibition, or action. “In Troy, there lies the scene.”
    The world is a vast scene of strife.   --J. M. Mason.
 5. An assemblage of objects presented to the view at once; a series of actions and events exhibited in their connection; a spectacle; a show; an exhibition; a view.
    Through what new scenes and changes must we pass!   --Addison.
 6. A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.
 A sylvan scene with various greens was drawn,
 Shades on the sides, and in the midst a lawn.   --Dryden.
 7. An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others; often, an artifical or affected action, or course of action, done for effect; a theatrical display.
    Probably no lover of scenes would have had very long to wait for some explosions between parties, both equally ready to take offense, and careless of giving it.   --De Quincey.
 Behind the scenes, behind the scenery of a theater; out of the view of the audience, but in sight of the actors, machinery, etc.; hence, conversant with the hidden motives and agencies of what appears to public view.

 Scene, v. t. To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display. [Obs.]
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 scene
      n 1: the place where some action occurs; "the police returned to
           the scene of the crime"
      2: an incident (real or imaginary); "their parting was a sad
         scene"
      3: the visual percept of a region; "the most desirable feature
         of the park are the beautiful views" [syn: view, aspect,
          prospect, vista, panorama]
      4: a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of
         action in a film [syn: shot]
      5: a situation treated as an observable object; "the political
         picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has
         changed in the last century" [syn: picture]
      6: a subdivision of an act of a play; "the first act has three
         scenes"
      7: a display of bad temper; "he had a fit"; "she threw a
         tantrum"; "he made a scene" [syn: fit, tantrum, conniption]
      8: graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic
         representation of a visual percept; "he painted scenes
         from everyday life"; "figure 2 shows photographic and
         schematic views of the equipment" [syn: view]
      9: the context and environment in which something is set; "the
         perfect setting for a ghost story" [syn: setting]
      10: the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to
          suggest a particular locale; "they worked all night
          painting the scenery" [syn: scenery]