English Dictionary

celluloid

/ˈsɛljəˌlɔɪd/

noun

Any of a variety of thermoplastics created from nitrocellulose and camphor, once used as photographic film. / (figuratively, often used attributively) The genre of cinema; film.

Celluloid was commonly used as a material for film production in the early 20th century.

意味（1）

Any of a variety of thermoplastics created from nitrocellulose and camphor, once used as photographic film.

Then followed some experiments with drums, over which sheets of sensitized celluloid film were drawn, the edges being pressed into a narrow slot in the surface, similar in construction to the old tin-foil phonograph.

意味（2）

(figuratively, often used attributively) The genre of cinema; film.

2001 August 14, Riki Wilchins, Gender on celluloid, in The Advocate, page 26.

意味（3）

(obsolete) An item, such as a jacket, made from celluloid.

'What with that bearded Assyrian bull in London, and this Thug down here, who has ruined my clean celluloid, you seem to be keeping queer company, Ted Malone.'