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cameo n.刻有浮雕的宝石或贝壳；（文艺或戏剧）小品；小品文 (1) 那小女孩戴着一枚浮雕宝石胸针。(2) 然而在过去的一年里，她并没有惊人之作，只是出演了一系列配角和小品。 Often used to show a person’s head in profile, a cameo typically has two layers of color: one color for the subject and another one for the background. The detail is depicted not by color or shades but instead by the raised design, which is called a relief. A cameo is typically used for a piece of jewelry, such as a ring or a brooch, and it has an ornate, old-fashioned quality. You may have seen this type of jewelry depicted in Victorian paintings or possibly worn by your great grandmother.

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英 ['kæmiəʊ] 美 ['kæmioʊ] (1) That little girl is wearing a cameo brooch.(2) But she has not been lighting up cinemas in the last 12 months, taking a series of supporting roles and cameo performances. If your friend gives you a piece of jewelry that has a raised carving of a face in profile showing all the curves and shapes, that’s called a cameo. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]精彩描写；小品文；精彩片断 A cameo is a short description or piece of acting which expresses cleverly and neatly the nature of a situation, event, or person's character. ...a succession of memorable cameos of Scottish history...一系列反映苏格兰历史的令人难忘的精彩片断He played a cameo role, that of a young Aids patient in hospital.他扮演一个非常出彩的小角色:一名住院的年轻艾滋病患者。2[N-COUNT 可数名词](通常为椭圆形的)多彩浮雕首饰 A cameo is a piece of jewellery, usually oval in shape, consisting of a raised stone figure or design fixed on to a flat stone of another colour. ...a cameo brooch.多彩浮雕胸针

英语单词	cameo
英美音标	英 ['kæmiəʊ] 美 ['kæmioʊ]
中文释义	n.刻有浮雕的宝石或贝壳；（文艺或戏剧）小品；小品文
英语例句	(1) That little girl is wearing a cameo brooch. (2) But she has not been lighting up cinemas in the last 12 months, taking a series of supporting roles and cameo performances.
中文例句	(1) 那小女孩戴着一枚浮雕宝石胸针。 (2) 然而在过去的一年里，她并没有惊人之作，只是出演了一系列配角和小品。
vocabulary简明	If your friend gives you a piece of jewelry that has a raised carving of a face in profile showing all the curves and shapes, that’s called a cameo.
vocabulary扩展	Often used to show a person’s head in profile, a cameo typically has two layers of color: one color for the subject and another one for the background. The detail is depicted not by color or shades but instead by the raised design, which is called a relief. A cameo is typically used for a piece of jewelry, such as a ring or a brooch, and it has an ornate, old-fashioned quality. You may have seen this type of jewelry depicted in Victorian paintings or possibly worn by your great grandmother.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]精彩描写；小品文；精彩片断 A cameo is a short description or piece of acting which expresses cleverly and neatly the nature of a situation, event, or person's character. ...a succession of memorable cameos of Scottish history... 一系列反映苏格兰历史的令人难忘的精彩片断 He played a cameo role, that of a young Aids patient in hospital. 他扮演一个非常出彩的小角色:一名住院的年轻艾滋病患者。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词](通常为椭圆形的)多彩浮雕首饰 A cameo is a piece of jewellery, usually oval in shape, consisting of a raised stone figure or design fixed on to a flat stone of another colour. ...a cameo brooch. 多彩浮雕胸针

Cameo Piece Raised Brooch Jewelry Called Typically Color