vid‧e‧o 1 S1 W2 / vɪdiəʊ $ -dioʊ / 名词 ( 复数形式 videos )

1 [可数和不可数名词] a copy of a film or television programme, or a series of events, recorded on videotape

hire a video British English rent a video American English :

How much does it cost to hire videos?

Let’s stay at home and watch a video .

Rewind the video right to the beginning.

The school will be making a video of the play.

on video

The movie has not yet been released on video .

coming soon to a video store near you

2 [可数名词] a plastic box containing special tape for recording programmes and films on television 同义词 videotape , video cassette :

Have we got a blank video (= one with nothing recorded on it yet ) anywhere?

3 [可数名词] British English a machine used to record television programmes or show videos 同义词 VCR , video cassette recorder

programme/set the video

Can you set the video to record the football match?

4 [不可数名词] the process of recording or showing television programmes, films, real events etc on videotape :

The course aims to help children learn through video.

5 [可数名词] a short film that is made to go with a particular piece of popular music 同义词 music video

6 [可数名词] a digital recording of an event, for example one made using a mobile phone :

a video clip shown on the Internet

COLLOCATIONS

video + NOUN

video footage Police are currently studying video footage to identify the rioters.

a video recording Can a video recording of an interview with a child be used in a court as evidence?

a video image (= a moving picture on a video ) Video images of the surgery are sent to a special lecture theatre, so that students can observe.

a video clip (= a short video ) You can download video clips from the Internet.

video evidence (= a recording of events, used in a court ) Video evidence of illegal activities can later be used in court.

动词

record something on video She had no idea that her purchase was being recorded on video.

be captured/caught on video (= recorded on video ) The crime was captured on video.