movies
UK/'mu:vis/US
IELTSA1
Definitions
n.
Films collectively; the cinema as entertainment
电影；电影业（统称）
n.
The cinema as a place (the movies)
电影院（the movies）
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedmoviemove
+
-splural
=movies
Plural of movie, but 'the movies' has its own fixed senses: films as an art form/industry, and the cinema as a destination ('go to the movies'). Kept rather than skipped because of these set uses.
Common Collocations
- 1.go to the movies去看电影
- 2.watch movies看电影
- 3.the movie industry电影产业
Example Sentences
- 1.
Let's go to the movies this weekend.
- 2.
She wants to work in the movies one day.