camera

camera1
noun
  1. 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
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on (或 off) camera
  1. 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
  1. mid 19th cent.: from Latin (see camera, camera obscura)

camera2
noun
  1. [in names]a chamber or round building
    厅;圆形建筑
    the Radcliffe Camera.
    拉德克利夫厅。
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Latin
  1. (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
  1. 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'
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