| 单词 | tripod |
| 释义 | tripod (once / 4175 pages) n A tripod is a three-legged support for a camera. Once you try using a tripod for taking photographs, your sharp, beautiful pictures might make it hard to do without it. A tripod is a stand with three legs that holds a camera. Photographers and filmmakers use a tripod when they want the camera to be held completely still, without the slight bit of shaking that their hands might cause. Tripod comes from the Greek tripodos, "three-legged stool," made up of tri, or "three," plus podos, "foot." The word tripod was used in the past to mean anything with three legs, including vessels, stools, or tables. WORD FAMILYtripod: tripods USAGE EXAMPLESDo not try to bike, skateboard or set up a tripod here or risk being approached by center security. Washington Post(Dec 07, 2016) Mama went to the backyard with Sisi to put away the cast iron cooking tripods. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus(2003) For my 16th birthday, my father bought me a video camera and tripod to tape myself dancing. Wall Street Journal(Nov 22, 2016) n a three-legged rack used for support Hypo|Hyper camera tripod a tripod used to support a camera easelan upright tripod for displaying something (usually an artist's canvas) rack, stand a support for displaying various articles |
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