photograph
UK/'fәutәgrɑ:f/US
NGSL 2kIELTSTOEFLA2
Definitions
n.
A picture made with a camera, recorded on film or a digital sensor.
照片，用相机拍下的图像。
v.
To take a picture of someone or something with a camera.
给（人或物）拍照。
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedphoto- (light) + graph (write) = 'writing with light.' A camera lets light fall onto film or a sensor, and the light literally records the image — so a photograph is, very precisely, a picture written by light.
Root graph still carries 34 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.take a photograph拍照
- 2.aerial photograph航拍照片
- 3.black-and-white photograph黑白照片
- 4.photograph album相册
Example Sentences
- 1.
She framed an old black-and-white photograph of her grandmother.
- 2.
He photographed the wedding from start to finish.
- 3.
Tourists photographed the cathedral against the evening sky.