| 单词 | footage |
| 释义 | footage (once / 2318 pages) 1n 2n Footage is a section of film or video that's been shot or recorded. A TV news station might play dramatic footage of a tornado's aftermath. A film clip or a scene from a movie in production are both footage. Part of a film editor's job is combining all the best footage into a longer piece. Another kind of footage is a way to measure space — when you're selling a house, you'll need to advertise its size, or square footage. The film meaning dates from 1916, from foot as a unit of measurement, in this case of a length of film. WORD FAMILYfootage USAGE EXAMPLESTelevision news footage shows the plane intact on a runway with its front end touching the tarmac. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) And the Highway Patrol said security footage caught two people splattering motor oil on the sidewalk and Capitol building on Halloween night. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The government said the footage was filmed in November as police conducted a "clearance operation" in Maungdaw after two police officers were shot dead. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) 1 n film that has been shot 2they had stock footage of lightning, tornados, and hurricanes he edited the news footage Hyper film, photographic film photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies n a rate of charging by the linear foot of work done Hyper charge per unit, rate amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis |
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