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单词 webcam
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webcamn.

Brit. /ˈwɛbkam/, U.S. /ˈwɛbˌkæm/
Forms: also with capital initial.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: web n., camera n.
Etymology: < web n. + cam- (in camera n.). Compare earlier minicam n., digicam n., etc., and slightly later web camera n. at web n. Compounds 4b.
A video camera which is connected to (or integrated in) a computer so that its output may be viewed (esp. live) online.
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1994 Windows HTTP server in comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip (Usenet newsgroup) 22 Nov. We are currently..doing full online forms, imagemapping and even providing a live Webcam feed.
1995 Arizona Republic (Nexis) 22 May e1 He's created the Wearable Wireless Webcam, a helmet-mounted camera that transmits to the Web images of whatever he's looking at.
1996 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 27 May d1 The Great Northern Brewing Co. in Whitefish, Mont., has just installed four Webcams to transmit live shots of the brewing operation.
2000 Daily Tel. 21 Apr. 18/3 The picture the children and I were gawping at that morning had been taken by a webcam at the ski resort of Meribel.
2016 Washington Post (Nexis) 1 Feb. a12 Demolition and site work are well underway, with a webcam showing eager residents up-to-the-minute progress.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

webcamv.

Brit. /ˈwɛbkam/, U.S. /ˈwɛbˌkæm/
Forms: also with capital initial.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: webcam n.
Etymology: < webcam n.
1. transitive. To record (someone or something) using a webcam and broadcast the recording (usually live) over the internet. Also intransitive: to use a webcam; to appear or communicate online via webcam.
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1996 alt.fan.furry 15 Mar. (Usenet newsgroup, accessed 13 Jan. 2021) Webcamming the confurences [sic] would let folks who can't make the actual event follow along with what's going on.
1999 Newsweek 20 Sept. 75/2 Cody..started Webcamming a year ago out of curiosity but says he forgets the camera's even there anymore.
2007 Financial Times 30 June 12/7 The Cartel rock group spent nearly three weeks..living in a large perspex bubble and being webcammed while recording a new album.
2. intransitive. spec. To perform sexual or erotic acts on a live webcam broadcast, esp. as a type of sex work. Cf. cam v.2 2, webcamming n. 2.
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2001 alt.sex.escort.ads 8 Oct. (Usenet newsgroup, accessed 13 Jan. 2021) Teen girls want to webcam for you.
2020 Daily Star Online (Nexis) 7 June Riley is one of the [porn] stars who has been webcamming, which can be just as lucrative as doing big productions.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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