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time-lapse

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ˈtime-lapse adjective  TCP[only before noun] time-lapse photography involves taking many pictures of something over a period of time and then showing them together, so that a very slow process seems to happen much faster 〔摄影〕延时的〔指在一段时间内对非常缓慢的过程每隔一段时间拍摄一张照片,然后连续放映,高速呈现该过程〕
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time-lapseThis induced the rapid onset of apoptosis which can be quantitated by time-lapse cinemicroscopy.Because the cells move very slowly the process is best seen when speeded up in a time-lapse film.In time-lapse films the first signs are pulsations by the cells where the gut will form.I picked up the National Geographic magazine and stared at a-series of time-lapse photographs of a blowhole in Yosemite.It promises liberal use of time-lapse photography, aerial camera work and feature-film-quality musical scores.Some first-time eaters may become alarmed as this happens, thinking they have somehow become the victim of a time-lapse photography gag.There will be rotating images on screen of some of the exhibits and a time-lapse sequence of the Vesuvian eruption.
ˈtime-lapse adjectiveChineseSyllable
Corpus involves pictures time-lapse over many something of taking photography


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time-lapse
ˈtime-lapse adjective
[only before noun] time-lapse photography involves taking many pictures of something over a period of time and then showing them together, so that a very slow process seems to happen much faster


time-lapseBrE /ˈtaɪm læps/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtaɪm læps/ 🔊 adjective [only before noun] (of photography 摄影) using a method in which a series of individual pictures of a process are shown together so that sth that really happens very slowly is shown as happening very quickly 延时拍摄的a time-lapse sequence of a flower opening一组延时拍摄花蕾开放的镜头