TCP[only before noun]time-lapsephotography 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-lapse• This induced the rapidonset 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-lapsephotographs of a blowhole in Yosemite.• It promisesliberal use of time-lapse photography, aerialcamera work and feature-film-quality musicalscores.• 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 rotatingimages on screen of some of the exhibits and a time-lapsesequence of the Vesuvian eruption.