Combs were among the first and most popular objects made of celluloid .

梳子是第一批也是最普遍的用赛璐珞制造的物品之一。

But in the late nineteenth century , that panoply of possibilities began to fall away with the arrival of a totally new kind of material - celluloid , the first man-made plastic .

但到了十九世纪末，那种盛况随着一种全新材料的兴起而衰落，这就是赛璐珞，第一种人工合成的塑料。

In the projection booth , two machines whirred : a digital one , which in the event worked perfectly , and an old-fashioned celluloid one , which was on hand in case the more advanced technology became unruly .

在放映室，两台机器在运转：一部数码的，在这次重大活动中表现完美，还有一台老式的赛璐珞（参2）的，置于手边以防这个较先进的技术失控。

For people at the dawn of the plastic age , celluloid offered what one writer called " a forgery of many of the necessities and luxuries of civilized life , " a foretoken of the new material culture 's aesthetic and abundance .

在塑料时代刚刚开始的时候，赛璐珞给人们提供了一种被某个作家称作“大部分文明的必需品和奢侈品被伪造”的生活，它预示着一个全新的物质文化的审美和富足的到来。

Competing against a celluloid legend is not easy .

要与电影传奇故事竞争并不容易。