frame /freim/ I. n. ［c］ 结构，框子：a window frame 窗户框 This old bed has an iron frame. 这张旧床是铁架子。I broke the frames of my eyeglasses. 我把眼镜架搞坏了。‖II.vt. 给…配上镜框：Will you frame this picture? 你想给这张画配上镜框吗? He framed his college diploma. 他给他的大学文凭配上了镜框。 frame up 装上镜框：We must frame up that picture. 我们必须给那画装上镜框。
framework /ˈfreimwə:k/ n. ［c］ 1.框架：The builders have just finished the framework of the house. 建筑工人刚完成这幢房子的框架。The building started with a steel framework which was later filled in with bricks and concrete.这幢房子从钢框架开始，然后向框架内再填垒砖头和混凝土。 2.结构，组织机构(常作sing.): the framework of a novel 一部小说的结构；the framework of modern government 现代政府机构
