camera
US: /ˈkæmɝə/, /ˈkæmɹə/
UK: /kˈæmɹɐ/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
camera /'kæmərə/- danh từ
- máy ảnh
- máy quay phim
- (pháp lý) phòng riêng của quan toà
- in camera
- họp kín; xử kín
- trong đời sống riêng
Advanced English dictionary
+ nouna piece of equipment for taking photographs, moving pictures or television pictures: Just point the camera and press the button. + Cameras started clicking as soon as she stepped out of the car. + a TV / video camera + a camera crew
Idioms: in camera (law) in a judge's private room, without the press or the public being present: The trial was held in camera.
on camera being filmed or shown on television: Are you prepared to tell your story on camera?
Collocation
ADJ.
3D, automatic, box, cine, closed-circuit, digital, electronic, infra-red, microfilm, movie, pinhole, polaroid, SLR, television/TV, underwater, video | compact | security, surveillance | hand-held, mobile | candid
VERB + CAMERA
focus, point
Simply point your camera at the subject and press the button.
| pose for
The royal couple posed for the cameras.
| brave, face
He couldn't bring himself to face the cameras and left by a back exit.
| mount
The film was taken by a camera mounted on a hang-glider.
| install
Closed-circuit cameras have been installed throughout the building.
| set up
The crews have been setting up their cameras.
| load
CAMERA + VERB
film sth | catch sth
The camera has caught the expression on the Queen's face beautifully.
| focus on | roll
The director gave the signal and the cameras rolled.
| click
She stepped onto the balcony and a thousand cameras clicked.
CAMERA + NOUN
crew, team | assistant | bag, equipment, lens, tripod | angle, position | work
PREP.
in front of the ~s
He played his first match at Everton in front of the TV cameras.
| off ~
The incident occurred off camera (= was not filmed).
| on ~
The moment was caught on camera.
Concise dictionary
camerae|cameras'kæmərənoun
+equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other)
+television equipment consisting of a lens system that focuses an image on a photosensitive mosaic that is scanned by an electron beam