1886, of echoic origin. Gained popularity c. 1917 as aviators began to use it. As a noun from 1917. The photographer's zoom lens is from 1936, from the specific aviation sense of zoom as "to quickly move closer."
权威例句
1. Your camcorder should have these basic features: autofocus, playback facility, zoom lens.
你的便携式摄像机应该具备以下基本功能:自动聚焦、回放功能、变焦镜头。
2. Compare zoom, whiz, zip, shoot, dart, and nip.
试比较zoom 、 whiz 、 zip 、 shoot 、 dart 、 nip这几个动词.
3. This indicates the business in home will spread out a ZOOM in the round.
这标志着ZOOM在国内的业务将全面展开.
4. Zoom and whiz are both informal and indicate the rapid noisy movement of a vehicle, etc.
zoom与whiz均为口语用词, 指车等快速行驶同时发出声响.
5. I live near an airport and the zoom of passing planes can be heard night and day.