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1 subtitles [plural]SLLAMF the words printed over a film in a foreign language to translate what is being said by the actors 〔电影的〕字幕

a French film with English subtitles

附有英语字幕的法国电影

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subtitles• a French film with English subtitles

2 AL[singular] a second title below the main title in a book, which gives more information about what is in the book, show etc 副标题，小标题

The opera’s subtitle is ‘The School for Lovers’.

这出歌剧的副标题是“情人学校”。

The book is subtitled ‘A Psychology of Masculinity’.

这本书的副标题是“男性心理”。

—subtitle verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT]

—subtitled adjectiveadj

a subtitled version of the film

影片附字幕的版本

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subtitle• In 1815 Wordsworth added a subtitle - or Poverty.• His guttural utterances are accompanied by erudite subtitles.• Put a colon between the title and the subtitle, even if there isn't one in the original.• This is an example of the how the subtitles will appear on screen if you dial page 888 of Oracle.• The subtitles now roil over this scene.• In a monolingual situation, films with subtitles in the national language may be available on video.

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