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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

视觉效果

Pronunciation / Transliteration: shì jué xiào guǒ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Visual effects/ˈvɪʒ.u.əl ɪˈfɛkts/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这部电影的视觉效果令人惊叹。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The imagery created, manipulated, or enhanced for a film or other moving-picture product that does not exist during live-action filming.

    "The sci-fi blockbuster relied heavily on stunning visual effects to bring the alien world to life."
  2. 2

    Techniques used by artists and technicians to integrate computer-generated imagery and live-action footage seamlessly.

    "Advancements in software have made visual effects more accessible to independent filmmakers than ever before."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines the adjective 'visual' (derived from the Latin 'visualis', from 'visus' meaning sight) and the plural noun 'effect' (from the Latin 'effectus', meaning an outcome or accomplishment). Emerging in the mid-20th century with the evolution of cinema, it gained widespread prominence in the digital era to describe imagery created, manipulated, or enhanced for film and media outside the context of live-action shooting.

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