- 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。
短语
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.
他那句没被摄录下来的脏话。
词源
mid 19th cent.: from Latin （see CAMERA2 , CAMERA OBSCURA）.
短语
in camera
- 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。
ORIGIN: late Latin, 'in the chamber'.
词源
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'.