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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++pho·to /ˈfəʊtəʊ $ ˈfoʊtoʊ/ ●●● S3 W3 noun (plural photos) [countable] informal TCPPICTUREa photograph 照片，相片photo of I’ll send Mom a photo of Sammy. 我要寄一张萨米的照片给妈妈。 Can you take a photo of me and Rachel? 你能给我和雷切尔拍张照吗？n COLLOCATIONSverbstake a photoWe all took photos of each other.get a photo (=take one successfully)Did you get some good photos in Greece?ADJECTIVES/NOUN + photoa colour photoSend us a colour photo of yourself.a black-and-white photoThere is a black and white photo of Sly Stone on the wall of their flat.a digital photoa framed photoA small framed photo of his girlfriend sits on a bookcase.a signed photoI managed to get a signed photo of her.a wedding photoShall I show you our wedding photos?photo + NOUNa photo album (=a book in which you put photos)She took every picture of her ex-husband out of the family photo album.Examples from the Corpus
photo• The correct item was the one following either a photo frame, a vase or a window.• In addition, it can be difficult to judge the quality of some merchandise from a photo on a Web page.• I requested a photo of one establishment, and it appeared on my screen.• a photo album• Suppose she did carry his photo with the horse, not Fiona's, who's the owner, after all.• The other photos on this fantasy book cover are of the people who allowed me to draw portraits of their lives.• Private photos never seen before by the public.• They were obtained by writing to the actors or the studios and asking for a signed photo.take ... photo• Phillip Pogue, 34, of Oceanside had been taking photos of a little girl as she was water-skiing yesterday afternoon.• A man in the side-chapel took photos.• From the pocket of his overalls he took a photo of Carol.• John, slightly paunchy with a beard, was into steam trains - he took photos of them.• As I took a photo, Igor said it looked like Kosovo.• I took a photo of him through the glass.• As soon as somebody takes a photo, I shall send you one.• However the lake had dried up - took photo anyway!photo- /fəʊtəʊ, -tə $ foʊtoʊ, -tə/ prefix technical 1 HPrelating to light 光的 photosensitive paper (=paper that changes when light touches it) 感光纸2 TCPrelating to photography 照相的，摄影的 photo-journalism (=the use of photographs in reporting news) 摄影新闻（工作）Examples from the Corpus
photo-• photojournalismOrigin photo (1800-1900) photograph photo- Greek phos “light”pho·to noun →n COLLOCATIONS1photo- prefixLDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable
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pho‧to S3 W3 /ˈfəʊtəʊ $ ˈfoʊtoʊ/ 
noun (plural photos) [countable] informal
photo of
I’ll send Mom a photo of Sammy.
Can you take a photo of me and Rachel?
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▪take a photo We all took photos of each other.
▪get a photo (=take one successfully) Did you get some good photos in Greece?
■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + photo
▪a colour photo Send us a colour photo of yourself.
▪a black-and-white photo There is a black-and-white photo of Sly Stone on the wall of their flat.
▪a digital photo
▪a framed photo A small framed photo of his girlfriend sits on a bookcase.
▪a signed photo I managed to get a signed photo of her.
▪a wedding photo Shall I show you our wedding photos?
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▪a photo album (=a book in which you put photos) She took every picture of her ex-husband out of the family photo album.
▪ photograph a picture taken using a camera: Visitors are not allowed to take photographs inside the museum. | our wedding photographs
▪photo informal a photograph: a way of displaying your digital photos | Do you want me to take your photo?
▪picture a photograph of someone or something: I saw her picture in the paper the other day. | This is a really good picture of Sarah. | Can I take your picture?
▪snap British English informal, snapshot especially American English a photograph that you take quickly and without thinking carefully about how it will look, for example when you are on holiday: Patrick showed me his holiday snaps. | She showed me a snapshot of her three children.
▪shot informal a photograph – used especially by people who often take photographs: I got some great shots of Mount Fuji. | It's a lovely shot.
▪print a photograph that has been printed on photographic paper: a set of 4 by 6 inch prints
pho‧to‧graph1 S2 W2 /ˈfəʊtəɡrɑːf $ ˈfoʊtəɡræf/ (also photo informal) noun [countable]
a colour photograph
a black and white photograph
photograph of
I wish I had a photograph of Thomas.
He took a photograph of the hotel.
Tim was looking through an old photograph album (=book in which you put photographs).
Did you see Leo’s photograph (=a photograph of Leo) in the newspaper?
▪ photograph a picture taken using a camera: Visitors are not allowed to take photographs inside the museum. | our wedding photographs
▪photo informal a photograph: a way of displaying your digital photos | Do you want me to take your photo?
▪picture a photograph of someone or something: I saw her picture in the paper the other day. | This is a really good picture of Sarah. | Can I take your picture?
▪snap British English informal, snapshot especially American English a photograph that you take quickly and without thinking carefully about how it will look, for example when you are on holiday: Patrick showed me his holiday snaps. | She showed me a snapshot of her three children.
▪shot informal a photograph – used especially by people who often take photographs: I got some great shots of Mount Fuji. | It's a lovely shot.
▪print a photograph that has been printed on photographic paper: a set of 4 by 6 inch prints
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In everyday English, people usually say photo or picture rather than photograph:
▪This is my dad in this photo.
▪Who took the picture?
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▪take a photograph He wanted to take a photograph of me.
▪get a photograph (=take one successfully) I got some brilliant photographs of the desert.
■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + photograph
▪a colour photograph The book is fully illustrated with colour photographs.
▪a black-and-white photograph
▪a digital photograph
▪a framed photograph On the desk was a framed photograph of a woman.
▪a signed photograph He keeps a signed photograph of Bill Clinton in his office.
▪a wedding photograph Your wedding photographs will keep the memories of the big day alive for you.
▪an aerial photograph (=one taken from a plane) Aerial photographs can be used to locate archaeological sites.
▪faded All her life she kept a faded photograph of him in his army uniform.
▪blurred He was shown a blurred photograph, taken from a moving car.
▪grainy (=with a rough, not sharp, appearance) I stared at the grainy newspaper photograph, searching for my mother.
▪sepia (=used about a black and white photograph that has shades of brown, in a way that is typical of old photographs) an 1854 sepia photograph of Jonathan Pickering, the company founder
■ photograph + NOUN
▪a photograph album (=a book in which you put photographs) Mama kept a photograph album full of pictures of her family.
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noun (plural photos) [countable] informal Word Family: noun: photo, photograph, photographer, photography; adjective: photogenic, photographic; verb: photograph
Date: 1800-1900
Origin: photograph
a photographOrigin: photograph
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(also photo informal) noun [countable] Word Family: noun: photo, photograph, photographer, photography; adjective: photogenic, photographic; verb: photograph
Date: 1800-1900
Origin: photo- + -graph 'something written or drawn' (from Greek graphein 'to write')
a picture obtained by using a camera and film that is sensitive to light:Origin: photo- + -graph 'something written or drawn' (from Greek graphein 'to write')
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photograph a picture that has been made using a camera 指照片、相片 ：◆ a photograph of the house 这座房子的照片 ◆ Can I take a photograph? 我可以拍个照吗？ picture a photograph 指照片、相片 ：◆ We had our picture taken in front of the hotel. 我们在旅馆前照了相。 photo a photograph 指照片、相片 ：◆ a passport photo 护照照片
photograph, picture or photo? 用 photograph、picture 还是 photo？
shot a photograph 指照片、相片 ：◆ I tried to get a shot of him in the water. 我试着给他拍一张在水中的照片。 NOTE Shot often places more emphasis on the process of taking the photograph, rather than the finished picture.* shot 通常更强调拍摄照片的过程，而非已拍出的照片。 snapshot/snap an informal photograph that is taken quickly, and not by a professional photographer 指非专业摄影师随手抓拍的照片 ：◆ holiday snaps 度假时随手拍的照片 print a copy of a photograph that is produced from film or from a digital camera 指由胶片或数码相机洗印的照片 ：◆ a set of prints 一套照片
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a colour photograph/picture/photo/snap/printto take a photograph/picture/photo/shot/snapshot
◆ The picture shows a family gathered around a kitchen table.照片中一家人围坐在餐桌旁。 ◆ This is a picture/photo of a busy city street.这张图／照片里是一条繁华的城市街道。 ◆ In the foreground/background, we can see a group of protesters.在前景／背景中，我们可以看到一群示威者。 ◆ In the bottom right-hand corner/top left-hand corner, there's a child sitting alone.在右下角／左上角，有一个孩子孤零零地坐在那里。 ◆ On the left/On the right/In the middle, someone is standing with a bottle in his hand.在左边／右边／中间，站着一个手里拿着瓶子的人。 ◆ In the cartoon, we can see two people looking at a newspaper headline.在漫画中，我们可以看到两个人在看报纸的大字标题。 ◆ The cartoonist has drawn the man to represent a typical businessman.漫画家把这个男人画成一个典型的商人。