movie camera
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- noun
- /ˈmuːvi ˈkæmərə/
- US
:
cámara de cine
- A battered 35mm movie camera stands alone on a wooden tripod surrounded by blackness.
We're back with another show and tell, another one of my little side hobbies and collections of old movie cameras.
- We're back with another show and tell, another one of my little side hobbies and collections of old movie cameras.
Examples
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It's a tape we got out of a home movie camera in the cabin with the family.
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Leo gave me this movie camera.
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You buy a movie camera.
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I've never had a movie camera!
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Well, after all, it's his first movie camera and the first pictures he's got of the baby.
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Seventy-five years ago, a relative of mine had a movie camera... and liked to use it.
Blog text (13) -
The man opens a cardboard box and lifts out a super-8 movie camera.
Fiction book (1994) -
The filmmaker set up the movie camera to capture the sunset for his documentary.
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She used her new movie camera to film the family reunion and create lasting memories.
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He learned how to operate the movie camera before starting his first project in film school.
Synonyms
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A machine that takes photos or records video
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A machine that records moving pictures and sound
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A camera that records video for TV broadcasts
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A camera that takes many pictures quickly to make a movie when played
A camera that makes movies on film
An early camera that records moving pictures
How Professional
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound 'movie camera' is directly compositional: a 'camera' used for making a 'movie', so the overall meaning is the straightforward combination of the two known nouns. This noun+noun compounding pattern is common in English and other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
The noun movie camera comes from a simple picture: a camera that makes a movie by taking many photos one after another. When those photos are played quickly they seem to move, so movie camera means a camera made for recording moving pictures.