| 单词 | camera |
| 释义 | camera (once / 333 pages) n A camera records images in the form of photographs, film or video. If you want evidence that you've spotted Bigfoot in the woods behind your house, you'll need a camera. The noun camera typically refers to a film or digital device that captures still pictures when you press a button. A film camera stores images on a strip of film that must be developed with special chemicals, while a digital camera keeps them on a memory card, and with the help of a computer you can see the pictures almost instantly. The original meaning of camera, "vaulted building," came from Latin via the Greek root kamera, "vaulted chamber." WORD FAMILYcamera: camerae, cameras USAGE EXAMPLESAbout 35 cameras are stationed on the Mt. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) Electrodes were attached to the activist’s fingertips and small cameras trained on his pupils while he was asked questions. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) Were you always a natural in front of the camera? BBC(Jan 02, 2017) 1n equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other) Syn|Hypo|Hyper photographic camera box Kodak, box camera a simple camera shaped like a rectangular box candid cameraa miniature camera with a fast lens digital cameraa camera that encodes an image digitally and store it for later reproduction flash cameraa camera with a photoflash attachment cine-camera, motion-picture camera, movie cameraa camera that takes a sequence of photographs that can give the illusion of motion when viewed in rapid succession point-and-shoot cameraa lightweight photographic camera with an autofocus Polaroid Land camera, Polaroid cameraa camera that develops and produces a positive print within seconds portrait cameraa camera with a portrait lens reflex cameracamera that allows the photographer to view and focus the exact scene being photographed sound cameraa movie camera that records sounds in synchrony with the visual images webcama digital camera designed to take digital photographs and transmit them over the internet photographic equipment equipment used by a photographer 2n television equipment consisting of a lens system that focuses an image on a photosensitive mosaic that is scanned by an electron beam Syn|Hypo|Hyper television camera, tv camera camcorder a portable television camera and videocassette recorder television equipment, video equipment electronic equipment that broadcasts or receives electromagnetic waves representing images and sound |
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