cam|era ◆◆◇ /kæ mrə/ (cameras )
1 N‑COUNT A camera is a piece of equipment that is used for taking photographs, making films, or producing television pictures. Many cameras are now included as part of other digital devices such as phones and tablets. □ Her gran lent her a camera for a school trip to Venice and Egypt. □ …a video camera. □ They were caught speeding by hidden cameras.
2 PHRASE If someone or something is on camera , they are being filmed. □ Just about anything could happen and we'll be there to catch it on camera when it does.
3 PHRASE If you do something or if something happens off camera , you do it or it happens when not being filmed. □ They were anything but friendly off-camera, refusing even to take the same lift. □ …off-camera interviews.
4 PHRASE If a trial is held in camera , the public and the press are not allowed to attend. [FORMAL ] □ This morning's appeal was held in camera.
camera|man /kæ mrəmæn/ (cameramen ) N‑COUNT A cameraman is a person who operates a camera for television or film making.
ca m|era phone (camera phones ) N‑COUNT A camera phone is a mobile phone that can also take photographs.
ca mera-shy ADJ Someone who is camera-shy is nervous and uncomfortable about being filmed or about having their photograph taken.
camera|work /kæ mrəwɜː r k/ N‑UNCOUNT The camerawork in a film is the way it has been filmed, especially if the style is interesting or unusual in some way. □ The director employs sensuous, atmospheric camerawork and deft dramatic touches.
cami|sole /kæ m I soʊl/ (camisoles ) N‑COUNT A camisole is a short piece of clothing that women wear on the top half of their bodies underneath a shirt or blouse, for example. □ …silk camisoles.
camo|mile /kæ məma I l/ also chamomile N‑UNCOUNT Camomile is a scented plant with flowers like small daisies. The flowers can be used to make herbal tea.
camou|flage /kæ məflɑːʒ/ (camouflages , camouflaging , camouflaged )
1 N‑UNCOUNT [oft N n] Camouflage consists of things such as leaves, branches, or brown and green paint, which are used to make it difficult for an enemy to see military forces and equipment. □ They were dressed in camouflage and carried automatic rifles. □ …a camouflage jacket.
2 VERB [usu passive] If military buildings or vehicles are camouflaged , things such as leaves, branches, or brown and green paint are used to make it difficult for an enemy to see them. □ [be V -ed] You won't see them from the air. They'd be very well camouflaged.
3 VERB If you camouflage something such as a feeling or a situation, you hide it or make it appear to be something different. □ [V n] I think that there has been an attempt to camouflage what really happened. ● N‑UNCOUNT [oft a N ] Camouflage is also a noun. □ [+ for ] The constant partygoing of her later years was a desperate camouflage for her grief.
4 N‑UNCOUNT [oft a N ] Camouflage is the way in which some animals are coloured and shaped so that they cannot easily be seen in their natural surroundings.
camp ◆◆◇ /kæ mp/ (camps , camping , camped )
1 N‑COUNT [oft n N ] A camp is a collection of huts and other buildings that is provided for a particular group of people, such as refugees, prisoners, or soldiers, as a place to live or stay. □ …a refugee camp. □ 2,500 foreign prisoners-of-war, including Americans, had been held in camps near Tambov.
2 N‑VAR A camp is an outdoor area with buildings, tents, or caravans where people stay on holiday.
3 N‑VAR A camp is a collection of tents or caravans where people are living or staying, usually temporarily while they are travelling. □ …gypsy camps. □ We'll make camp on that hill ahead.
4 VERB If you camp somewhere, you stay or live there for a short time in a tent or caravan, or in the open air. □ [V ] We camped near the beach. ● PHRASAL VERB Camp out means the same as camp . □ [V P ] For six months they camped out in a caravan in a meadow at the back of the house. ● camp|ing N‑UNCOUNT □ [+ in ] They went camping in the wilds. □ …a camping trip.
5 N‑COUNT You can refer to a group of people who all support a particular person, policy, or idea as a particular camp . □ While the 'yes' camp remains in the lead, the jump in numbers of undecideds will cause alarm.
6 ADJ If you describe someone's behaviour, performance, or style of dress as camp , you mean that it is exaggerated and amusing, often in a way that is thought to be typical of some male homosexuals. [INFORMAL ] □ James Barron turns in a delightfully camp performance. ● N‑UNCOUNT Camp is also a noun. □ The video was seven minutes of high camp and melodrama.
7 → see also aide-de-camp , camped , concentration camp , holiday camp , labour camp , prison camp , training camp
8 PHRASE If a performer camps it up , they deliberately perform in an exaggerated and often amusing way. [INFORMAL ]
▸ camp out
1 PHRASAL VERB If you say that people camp out somewhere in the open air, you are emphasizing that they stay there for a long time, because they are waiting for something to happen. [EMPHASIS ] □ [V P ] …reporters who had camped out in anticipation of her arrival.
2 → see camp 4 COLLOCATIONS camp NOUN
1
noun + camp : detention, internment, labour, prison, refugee
2
noun + camp : holiday, summer