单词 | cam |
释义 | cam1[ kam ] / kæm / SEE SYNONYMS FOR cam ON THESAURUS.COM nounMachinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion. Automotive Slang. camshaft. verb (used with object), cammed, cam·ming.to provide (a machine part or mechanism) with a cam or cams. Origin of cam1<Dutch or Low German kam, kamm.See comb Definition for cam (2 of 5)cam2 [ kam ] / kæm / nouna camera, especially one that records video (often used in combination, as in digital cam; traffic cam; webcam): She's a professional photographer who uses state-of-the-art cams. Origin of cam2First recorded in 1975–80; shortening of camera1 Definition for cam (3 of 5)Cam [ kam ] / kæm / nouna river in E England flowing NE by Cambridge, into the Ouse River. 40 miles (64 km) long. Also called Granta. Definition for cam (4 of 5)CAM [ kam ] / kæm / nouncomputer-aided manufacturing. Origin of CAMFirst recorded in 1965–70 Definition for cam (5 of 5)Cam. Cambridge. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for cam (1 of 4)cam / (kæm) / nouna slider or roller attached to a rotating shaft to give a particular type of reciprocating motion to a part in contact with its profile Word Origin for camC18: from Dutch kam comb British Dictionary definitions for cam (2 of 4)Cam / (kæm) / nouna river in E England, in Cambridgeshire, flowing through Cambridge to the River Ouse. Length: about 64 km (40 miles) British Dictionary definitions for cam (3 of 4)CAM abbreviation forcomplementary and alternative medicine computer-aided manufacture botany crassulacean acid metabolism: a form of photosynthesis, first described in crassulaceous plants, in which carbon dioxide is taken up only at night Cameroon (international car registration) British Dictionary definitions for cam (4 of 4)-cam n combining formcamerawebcam Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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