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/ˈwebkæm/
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.
網路攝影機
複數 webcams
核心畫面
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…更多收起
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。原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,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/
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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/
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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.
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To film and broadcast with a webcam.
- We should webcam it.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。