camera ['kæm.rə] noun countable ESSENTIAL ■a device for taking photographs or making films or television programmes 照相机;摄像机•I forgot to take my camera with me to Portugal, so I couldn't take any photos.我去葡萄牙时忘了带相机,所以我一张照片都拍不到。 •Television camera crews broadcast the event all round the world.电视摄制组向全世界播放了这次事件。 •It was said of Marilyn Monroe that the camera loved her (= that she looked very attractive on film and in photographs).据说连摄像机都钟爱玛丽莲‧梦露。 on camera ■appearing on a piece of film 出现在镜头上•They were caught on camera as they brutally attacked a man.他们粗暴打人的场景被拍了下来。 |