a device for recording visual images in the form of photographs, movie film, or video signals 照相机;(电影)摄影机;(电视)摄像机
常用词组 on (或 off) camera
while being filmed or televised (or not being filmed or televised) 在(或不在)摄制中 a four-letter word he had used off camera. 他那句没被摄下来的脏话。
语源
mid 19th cent.: from Latin (see camera, camera obscura)
camera2 noun
[in names]a chamber or round building 厅;圆形建筑 the Radcliffe Camera. 拉德克利夫厅。
常用词组 Latin
(chiefly Law)in private, in particular taking place in the private chambers of a judge, with the press and public excluded (主律)在法官的私室里;不公开地;私下 judges assess the merits of such claims in camera. 法官们私下里对这些要求的法律依据进行评估。
语源
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'