喜樂美語
  1. 1n/ˈwebkæm/網路攝影機

    a small video camera that sends the pictures it is filming onto a website, so that people anywhere can watch what is happening there right now.

    webcam 就是 web（網路）加上 cam（camera 攝影機），可以想成「一台接在網路上的攝影機」——它拍到的畫面會直接送到某個網站上，任何人打開那個網頁就能看到那裡現在的樣子。重點在「往外播」而不是「錄起來」：動物園用 webcam 播小熊貓、山上用 webcam 播天氣，大家看到的都是此刻正在發生的畫面。

    示範例句 · Example

    The zoo has a webcam, so you can watch the baby pandas eating at home.

    中文翻譯動物園有一台網路攝影機，所以你可以在家看小熊貓吃東西。

    常見搭配

    • watch something on a webcam

      透過網路攝影機看某樣東西

      to see what a webcam is filming, on a website

      Mei watched the sea turtles on a webcam from her bedroom.

    • set up a webcam

      架設一台網路攝影機

      to put a webcam in place and make it work

      The park workers set up a webcam near the bird nest.

    • a live webcam

      即時的網路攝影機

      a webcam showing what is happening at this moment

      The harbour has a live webcam you can look at any time.

    • turn on / turn off the webcam

      打開／關掉網路攝影機

      to start or stop the webcam working

      The teacher turned on the webcam so the whole school could see the garden.

    意思相近

    cameravideo cameralive camera

core核心畫面

From the word’s history

Web + cam, shortened from camera.

由 Web 加 cam 組成，cam 是 camera 的縮短。

Wiktionary

You can picture a small camera with a wire straight to the internet: whatever it sees right now goes onto a web page, so a stranger on the other side of the world can open that page and watch the same moment you are in. It is an eye that is always sending, not a machine that stores pictures for later.

可以想成一台小小的攝影機，後面直接接著網路：它此刻看到什麼，畫面就同時送上網頁，於是地球另一端的人打開那個頁面，就看得到你正在經歷的這一刻。它比較像一隻「一直在傳送」的眼睛，而不是一台把影像存起來以後再看的機器。這個字就是 web（網路）加上 cam（camera 的簡稱），兩塊拼起來，意思也就擺在字面上了。

webcams

意思相近

cameravideo cameralive camera

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

webcamnoun/ˈwɛbˌkæm/

  • 1

    artscomputingengineeringA video camera whose output may be viewed in real time over a computer network, originally the World Wide Web.

    • And while the Webcams focused on street scenes and other public gathering spots do seem to occupy an uncertain status as a new medium, they perhaps raise an ethical question: Is this the cinéma vérité of cyberspace or is it private surveillance?
    • As Covid-19 lockdowns took effect around the world, millions turned to remote working and organising virtual hangouts with friends. Overnight, webcams went from mundane computer accessories to gold dust.

webcamverb/ˈwɛbˌkæm/

  • 1

    To take part in a video communication using a webcam.

    • I got on his computer and wrote the note. I swear there was nothing on his screen like he was webcamming with her but she must have been recording.
  • 2

    To film and broadcast with a webcam.

    • We should webcam it.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。