Word · Frequency #11510
cameramen
电影摄影师
cameramen is the plural of cameraman.
a person who operates a movie camera
- 1.
Somebody who operates a movie camera or television camera.
操作电影摄影机或电视摄像机的人。
操作电影摄影机或电视摄像机的人。；照相师；摄影师
In use
The cameraman adjusted the lens before the director called action.
Two cameramen filmed the concert from different sides of the stage.
She handed the heavy camera to the cameraman, who checked the battery level.
a cameraman who + clause
who 引导的定语从句修饰 cameraman。
A cameraman who stays calm under pressure is valuable.
在压力下保持冷静的摄影师很宝贵。
work as a cameraman
work as + 职业名词，表示“担任……工作”；复数形式是 cameramen。
He worked as a cameraman for ten years.
他当了十年摄影师。
the cameraman + verb (third-person singular)
单数名词 cameraman 作主语时，谓语动词要用第三人称单数形式。
The cameraman films the ceremony from the front row.
摄影师从前排拍摄仪式。
Common mistakes
There were two cameramans at the wedding.There were two cameramen at the wedding.
cameraman 的复数是不规则形式 cameramen（man 变 men），不能按规则直接加 -s 变成 cameramans。
He works as cameraman for a television station.He works as a cameraman for a television station.
cameraman 是可数名词单数，在 works as 后表示职业时要用冠词 a；中文没有冠词，所以容易漏掉。
Connections
Collocations
- news cameraman
- 新闻摄影师
- A news cameraman was the first to arrive at the scene.一名新闻摄影师最先到达现场。
- TV cameraman
- 电视摄像师
- The TV cameraman adjusted the focus before the interview began.电视摄像师在采访开始前调整了焦距。
- freelance cameraman
- 自由职业摄像师
- He works as a freelance cameraman for several documentary series.他担任几部纪录片系列的自由职业摄像师。
- veteran cameraman
- 经验丰富的摄影师
- The veteran cameraman taught the trainees how to handle the camera.这位经验丰富的摄影师教实习生如何使用摄像机。
- cameraman's footage
- 摄像师拍摄的镜头
- The cameraman's footage of the protest was used in the news report.新闻报道使用了这位摄像师拍摄的抗议活动镜头。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 camera（摄像机）和 man（人）拼在一起：拿着摄像机的人就是 cameraman（摄影师）。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：film production、television news、documentary filming 该词为中性表达，多用于影视拍摄、电视新闻等场景，指操作摄影机的人。口语和职业称谓中比较常见。
Grammar Note
指操作电影摄像机的人；不是拍摄静态照片的摄影师。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Only man and snowman end with the same /-mæn/ sound as cameraman. Woman, gentleman, fisherman, and policeman share the spelling '-man' but usually reduce it to /mən/, so they are spelling lookalikes, not exact sound matches.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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