kodak
kodak — verb
1. to use a Kodak camera to make photographic images of scenes, events, or everyday
to use a Kodak camera to make photographic images of scenes, events, or everyday life
Grandmother Chiara liked to kodak in the garden when the flowers bloomed.
intransitive — no direct object after the verb
Visitors to the national park would kodak for hours, waiting for the perfect light.
When they travelled to Kyoto, Jiwoo and her aunt kodaked all through the old streets.
In the 1950s, tourists kodaked along the Seine with their new Kodak Brownies.
Kevin kodaked at every family event, filling album after album with pictures.
- take pictures
modern equivalent; widely used and neutral in register
- photograph
more formal and standard; works across all contexts
- snap
informal, suggests quick or casual shots
文法句型
kodak + adverbial (place/time/manner)
用法筆記
Originally a trademarked brand name (Eastman Kodak Company). The verb use emerged in the early 1900s and is now dated — modern speakers prefer 'take pictures' or 'photograph.' Always written in lowercase as a verb.
常見錯誤
2. to aim a Kodak camera at a particular person, place, or object and produce a pho
to aim a Kodak camera at a particular person, place, or object and produce a photographic image of them
Minh kodaked the sunset over the harbour before dinner that evening.
transitive — takes a direct object (the scene)
The school photographer kodaked each child in front of a pale blue screen.
Lucía kodaked her grandmother sitting quietly on the old wooden bench.
Astrid carefully kodaked the rare flowers in the botanical garden's greenhouse.
On their last morning in Paris, they kodaked the view from the Montmartre steps.
- photograph
the standard modern transitive verb; neutral register
- capture
slightly metaphorical; emphasises preserving a moment or scene
- shoot
informal; common in both still photography and film
文法句型
kodak + noun phrase (person/place/thing)
用法筆記
Like the intransitive sense, this derives from the Kodak trademark and is now dated. The transitive use ('kodak someone/something') was less common than absolute (intransitive) use even at the peak of its popularity.