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Cameo N Offense Early Transferred Sense Kæmiəu N.浮雕宝石;生动刻画;(演员)出演

单词 cameo
音标 ['kæmiəu]
解释 n.浮雕宝石;生动刻画;(演员)出演
红宝书 【英】 n. 浮雕宝石(jewel carved in relief)
【考】 peccadillo : offense / cameo : sculpture(小错是小冒犯/小浮 雕是小雕刻品)
字源 cameo (n.)
early 15c., kaadmaheu, camew, chamehieux and many other spellings (from early 13c. in Anglo-Latin), "carved precious stone with two layers of colors," from Old French camaieu and directly from Medieval Latin cammaeus, of unknown origin, perhaps ultimately from Arabic qamaa'il "flower buds," or Persian chumahan "agate." Transferred sense of "small character or part that stands out from other minor parts" in a play, etc., is from 1928, from earlier meaning "short literary sketch or portrait" (1851), a transferred sense from cameo silhouettes.
不择手段背单词 n. (用去除材料法镂刻的刻有浮雕的)宝石或贝壳 = relief; 特写(一种电影场面); (文艺、戏剧等的)小品, 片断
【例】glass cameo 玻璃浮雕
【记】came来, o读: 哦-来哦, 来哦, 这儿有小浮雕
【类】peccadillo: offense = cameo: sculpture小错是小冒犯 = 小浮雕是小雕刻品blurb: notice = cameo: appearance简介是一种布告 = 特写是一种简单表演
趣味全助记 【记】camera + o镜头状,相机的镜头是用宝石做的,很贵

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