camera
noun/ˈkæmrə/
Слово англійською: camera
Переклад camera українською: фотоапара́т, фотока́мера, ка́мера (для ві́део), кінока́мера, систе́ма ка́мер, відеока́мера
Детальний опис
- 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.
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.