🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

框架

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kuàngjià

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Frame/freɪm/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #800 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"她把画挂在一个漂亮的框架里。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A rigid structure that surrounds or encloses something such as a picture or a window.

    "She hung the painting in a beautiful wooden frame."
As verb
  1. 1

    To construct or put together a structure.

    "They plan to frame the new house this summer."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'frame' originates from the Old English 'framian', meaning to help or to advance. It evolved through Middle English as 'frame', referring to the structure or support of something, reflecting a shift from a more abstract sense of aiding to a concrete sense of physical structure.

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