camera

noun

1. 照相机；（电影）摄影机；（电视）摄像机
   a piece of equipment for taking photographs, moving pictures or television pictures
   1. Just point the camera and press the button.
      只要把照相机对准，然后按动快门就可以了。
   2. Cameras started clicking as soon as she stepped out of the car.
      她一跨出汽车，照相机就开始咔嚓咔嚓地响成一片。
   3. a TV/video camera
      电视摄像机；摄像机
   4. a camera crew
      摄制组

1. N-COUNT 照相机;摄影机;摄像机
   A camera is a piece of equipment that is used for taking photographs, making films, or producing television pictures.
   1. Her gran lent her a camera for a school trip to Venice and Egypt.
      她奶奶借给她一架相机,让她带上参加学校组织的威尼斯和埃及之旅。
   2. ...a video camera...
      摄影机
   3. They were caught speeding by hidden cameras.
      他们超速行驶,被隐藏的摄像头拍到了。
2. PHRASE 在拍摄中;在摄像机前
   If someone or something is on camera, they are being filmed.
   1. Fay was so impressive on camera that a special part was written in for her...
      费伊很上镜,所以特地为她编写了一个角色。
   2. Just about anything could happen and we'll be there to catch it on camera when it does.
      几乎什么事情都可能发生,我们要赶去那里进行现场抓拍。
3. PHRASE 未在拍摄时;在镜头范围之外
   If you do something or if something happens off camera, you do it or it happens when not being filmed.
   1. They were anything but friendly off-camera, refusing even to take the same lift.
      在银幕外,他们彼此一点也不友好,甚至不愿同乘一部电梯。
   2. ...off-camera interviews.
      未进行录像的采访
4. PHRASE (审讯)秘密地;不公开地;私下地
   If a trial is held in camera, the public and the press are not allowed to attend.
   1. This morning's appeal was held in camera...
      今天上午的上诉不公开审理。
   2. They were sentenced by a military tribunal sitting in camera.
      对他们的判决是由一个军事法庭秘密作出的。

1. Use a small aperture and position the camera carefully
   用小光圈，仔细调整相机位置。
2. Fay was so impressive on camera that a special part was written in for her
   费伊很上镜，所以特地为她编写了一个角色。
3. Just about anything could happen and we'll be there to catch it on camera when it does.
   几乎什么事情都可能发生，我们要赶去那里进行现场抓拍。
4. This morning's appeal was held in camera
   今天上午的上诉不公开审理。
5. They were sentenced by a military tribunal sitting in camera.
   对他们的判决是由一个军事法庭秘密作出的。
6. There's a closed-circuit television camera in the reception area.
   接待处有一个闭路电视摄像头。
7. I cradled my video camera nervously on my lap, but its cold contours did nothing to comfort me.
   我紧张地把摄影机架在大腿上，但是它冰冷的外形并没能给我任何安慰。
8. She disengaged the film advance mechanism on the camera
   她松开了照相机上的送片装置。
9. I had obtained my first camera for the express purpose of taking railway photographs.
   我已经买了我的第一架照相机，专门用来拍摄铁路。
10. Had she kept the camera focused on the river bank she might have captured a vital scene.
    要是她把相机的镜头一直对准河岸的话，可能就捕捉到重要的一幕了。
11. Paula reached for her camera, guessed distance and exposure, and shot two frames
    葆拉伸手拿过照相机，估算了一下距离和曝光时间，然后拍了两张照片。
12. Saivonsac shot the entire film with a hand-held camera.
    塞冯萨克使用便携式摄像机拍摄了整部影片。
13. You can move the camera both vertically and horizontally
    你可以上下左右移动摄像机。
14. I took some photos with her camera on my birthday
    我用她的相机在我过生日那天拍了些照片。
15. The guards permitted me to bring my camera and tape recorder
    卫兵准许我带相机和录音机。
16. He pounced on the photographer, beat him up and smashed his camera
    他突然扑向摄影师，痛打了他一顿，还摔碎了他的照相机。
17. She became a photographer, roving the world with her camera in her hand.
    她成了一个摄影师，拿着相机周游世界。
18. After I was given my first camera I was in seventh heaven.
    我得到我的第一台照相机后开心极了。
19. With this type of camera, the shutter speed is fixed
    对这类相机而言，快门的速度是固定的。
20. The camera was mounted on a sturdy tripod.
    相机固定在一个坚固的三脚架上。
21. Don't forget to take your camera.
    别忘了带上相机。
22. The thieves snatched the camera.
    窃贼偷走了相机。
23. With trembling fingers, he removed the camera from his pocket.
    他手指哆嗦着从口袋里取出相机。
24. I should not leave my briefcase and camera bag unguarded.
    我不该把我的公文包和相机包留在那儿无人看管。
25. Use a weatherproof rucksack to carry your camera and lenses around in.
    用防风雨的帆布背包装照相机和镜头。
26. The camera whirred and clicked.
    相机发出嗡嗡声和咔嚓声。
27. If the camera is not brought into focus, the photo will be blurred.
    如果照相机焦点不对准，照片就会模糊。
28. Is this camera new or secondhand?
    这架照相机是新的还是旧的？
29. The camera has a light leak.
    这个照相机漏光。
30. This camera is too dear.
    这架照相机太贵了。

n.

in camera

• 在法官的私室里；秘密地；不公开地
  in a judge's private room, without the press or the public being present
  1. The trial was held in camera.
     审判秘密进行。

on camera

• 在摄制中；在电视上播放
  being filmed or shown on television
  1. Are you prepared to tell your story on camera?
     你愿意在电视上讲述你的经历吗？

noun

1. equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other)

   Synonym:    photographic camera

2. television equipment consisting of a lens system that focuses an image on a photosensitive mosaic that is scanned by an electron beam

   Synonym:    television cameratv camera