daguerreotype

daguerreotype — noun

1. An early type of photograph produced by treating a silver-coated copper plate wi

1.名詞C1
釋義

An early type of photograph produced by treating a silver-coated copper plate with light and chemicals, creating a single, highly detailed image — the first widely used photographic method, popular in the mid-1800s.

例句

The museum keeps a daguerreotype of the city's founder in a glass case.

daguerreotype displayed in a museum

Last year, a daguerreotype of Abraham Lincoln sold for a very high price.

collectible value; auction context

同義詞
  • photograph

    the general modern term; daguerreotype is a specific early kind of photograph

  • tintype

    another metal-based early photo process, but made on iron rather than silver-coated copper

用法筆記

Always countable when referring to a single image ('a daguerreotype', 'three daguerreotypes'). Also used uncountably for the process itself ('Daguerreotype spread across Europe in the 1840s').

常見錯誤

❌He bought an old daguerrotype at the market.
✅He bought an old daguerreotype at the market.
💡The correct spelling is d-a-g-u-e-r-r-e-o-t-y-p-e, not 'daguerrotype'.
❌She made two copies by scanning the daguerreotype.
✅She took a photo of the daguerreotype to preserve the image.
💡Daguerreotypes have no negative, so you cannot make copies like a normal photograph.