/ˈkæmərə ||; ˈkæmərə/noun
[C] a piece of equipment that you use for taking photographs or moving pictures 照相机;摄像机:
I need a new film for my camera.我的相机要换胶卷了。a video/television camera摄像机;电视摄像机
camera/ˋkæmərə; ˈkæm$rə/n [C] a piece of equipment used to take photographs, or make films or programmes 照相机﹔摄影机: television/video etc camera They posed for the TV cameras. 他们在电视摄像机前摆姿势。on/off camera (=while a camera is recording or not recording) 正在/不在拍摄 The thieves were caught on camera. 那几个窃贼被摄像机拍摄了下来。TOPIC 主题Before you can take any pictures , you need to load film into the camera . ☆ 拍摄照片 (take pictures)之前﹐要先给照相机装入胶卷(load film into the camera)。Digital cameras do not need film because the pictures that you take are stored in the camera until you download them onto a computer. ☆ 数码照相机(digital camera)不需要装胶卷﹐因为拍下的图像是储存在照相机里的﹐然后再下载(download)到电脑里。When you take pictures, you need to focus , so the people or things in your picture will be clear. If you are taking a picture indoors, you might need to use a flash . ☆ 拍照片时需要对准焦距(focus)﹐这样照片中的人或物才会清晰。如果在室内拍摄﹐可能要使用闪光灯 (flash)。After you have taken pictures, you take the film to be developed and printed . The printed photographs are also called prints . When you get the prints, you also get the negatives which you can use in the future to get more photographs. ☆ 照片拍好之后﹐要把胶卷拿去冲印(develop and print the film)。印好的照片(photograph)也叫 print。拿到照片的同时还能拿到底片(negative)﹐以后可以用这些底片加印更多的照片。