camera
noun /ˈkæmrə/
/ˈkæmrə/
Idioms - a piece of equipment for taking photographs, moving pictures or television pictures. It can be a separate item or part of another device.
- Just point the camera and press the button.
- The camera has captured the drama of the event.
- a TV/video camera
- Most phones have a built-in camera.
- Digital cameras are easy to use.
- Closed-circuit cameras have been installed throughout the building.
- a camera crew
- Different camera angles show different perspectives.
Extra ExamplesTopics Film and theatrea1, TV, radio and newsa1- A security camera caught her shoplifting.
- Police are checking security camera footage.
- He couldn't bring himself to face the cameras and left by a back exit.
- He played his first game in front of the TV cameras.
- The outgoing and incoming presidents posed for the cameras.
- I bought a disposable camera from the gift shop.
- The camera can be operated remotely.
- The camera has caught the expression on the Queen's face beautifully.
- The camera lingers on a close-up of her face.
- The camera zoomed in on a picture above the fireplace.
- The crews have been setting up their cameras.
- The camera was mounted on a hang-glider.
- The director gave the signal and the cameras rolled.
- The documentary was shot using a hand-held camera.
- Cameras started clicking as soon as she stepped out of the car.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- automatic
- disposable
- electronic
- …
- aim
- focus
- point
- …
- film something
- capture somebody/something
- catch somebody/something
- …
- crew
- team
- operator
- …
- in front of the cameras
- off camera
- on camera
- …
Word Originnoun mid 19th cent.: from camera obscura, from Latin ‘dark chamber’.in camera. late 17th cent. (denoting a council or legislative chamber in Italy or Spain): from Latin, ‘vault, arched chamber’, from Greek kamara ‘object with an arched cover’.
Idioms
in camera
- (law) in a judge’s private room, without the press or the public being present
- The trial was held in camera.
off camera
- without a camera recording what is happening
- The incident occurred off camera.
on camera
- while a camera is recording what is happening
- Are you prepared to tell your story on camera?
- The moment was caught on camera.