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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary pho·to·graph
\\ˈfō-tə-ˌgraf\\ noun DATE 1839 : a picture or likeness obtained by photography
verb DATE 1839 transitive verb : to take a photograph of intransitive verb 1. to take a photograph 2. to appear as an image in a photograph an actress who photographs well English Etymology photograph photograph (n.) 1839, "picture obtained by photography," coined by Sir John Herschel from photo- + -graph "instrument for recording." It won out over other suggestions, such as photogene and heliograph.Neo-Anglo-Saxonists prefer sunprint. The verb and photographyalso are first attested 1839, all from a paper read before the Royal Society on March 14, 1839. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ☞ photograph photo·graph / 5fEutE^rB:f; NAmE 5foutE^rAf / noun (also photo) a picture that is made by using a camera that has a film sensitive to light inside it 照片；相片: aerial / satellite photographs 空中/衞星照片 colour photographs 彩色照片 Please enclose a recent passport-sized photograph of yourself. 请附寄一张你近期护照大小的相片。 I spent the day taking photographs of the city. 我花了一天时间拍摄这座城市的照片。 HELP The usual phrase in NAmE is take pictures. 北美英语常用 take pictures。 verb1. to take a photograph of sb / sth 拍照；照相: ▪ [VN] He has photographed some of the world's most beautiful women. 他为几位倾世佳丽拍过照片。 a beautifully photographed book (= with good photographs in it) 一本有精美照片的书 ▪ [VN-ADJ] She refused to be photographed nude. 她拒拍裸体照片。 ▪ [VN -ing] They were photographed playing with their children. 他们跟孩子一起嬉戏的情景被拍成了照片。 2. [V] ~ well, badly, etc. to look or not look attractive in photographs (很、不等)上相,上镜: Some people just don't photograph well. 有些人就是不上相。 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English photograph noun ADJ. old, recent | black-and-white, colour, coloured, sepia, tinted Tinted photographs were an early substitute for colour. | blurred, fuzzy, grainy, out of focus This photograph is out of focus. | faded | clear | sharp | excellent, good, great, lovely, stunning, superb, wonderful | (good) quality | glossy | framed | signed | studio | group, team | family | wedding | school | cover, magazine, newspaper, press The cover photograph of one magazine showed a dying soldier. | publicity | documentary | fashion | portrait-sized, postcard-sized | passport, passport-sized | facial Send a recent facial photograph of yourself with your application. | close-up | still Frame the subject in the video viewfinder as you would for a still photograph. | aerial, air, satellite | digital, polaroid | infrared | erotic, explicit, indecent, nude, obscene, pornographic, topless VERB + PHOTOGRAPH get, take Did you manage to get a photograph of the goal? I spent the day taking photographs of the city. | pose for | develop | blow up, enlarge | scan (in) I scanned in some photographs of the family to send to friends by email. | touch up The photograph has been touched up to conceal her double chin. | crop | mount I cropped the photograph and mounted it on some card. | publish | make The sun rising over the horizon would have made a good photograph. PHOTOGRAPH + VERB appear Her photograph appeared in all the papers. | depict sth, show sth | capture sth The photograph manages to capture the excitement of the occasion. PHOTOGRAPH + NOUN album | frame PREP. in a/the ~ The wing is assembled as shown in the photograph below. | ~ of An aerial photograph of the field shows clearly where the buildings were. PREP. photograph courtesy (of) … photograph courtesy Liverpool Evening News (= acknowledging permission to publish a photograph) • Note at ART OLT photograph noun ⇨ photograph photograph verb ⇨ record 2 Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: powder photograph , or synthetic photograph , or x-ray photograph , or aerial photograph , or cabinet photograph , or air photograph , or composite photograph pho·to·graph I. \ˈfōd.əˌgraf, -ōtə-, -raa(ə)f, -raif, -rȧf\ noun Etymology: phot- + -graph 1. : a picture, image, or likeness obtained by photography 2. : a portrayal, description, or mental picture or image characterized by great truth of representation or minute detail in reproduction II. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) transitive verb 1. : to take a photograph of 2. : to depict vividly in words < verse photographed the human ruins — Time > < editorial … photographs the upper layer of my mind — W.A.White > 3. : to impress on the mind < a man may see your signal, photograph it in his mind's eye — H.A.Calahan > intransitive verb 1. : to practice photography : take photographs 2. : to undergo being photographed |
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