cameo: [15] The immediate source of modern English cameo was Italian cameo or cammeo. No one is too sure where it ultimately came from, but it has always been assumed that it had some sort of Oriental source – perhaps Arabic qamaā’īl ‘flower buds’. The original form of the word in English was cameu, which came from Old French camahieu; the Italianate cameo does not appear until the late 17th century.
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, which is 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.
中文解释
cameo：刻妙。雕刻得十分精妙——浮雕宝石，生动刻画，（演员）出演。
实用例句
1. That little girl is wearing a cameo brooch.
那小女孩戴着一枚浮雕宝石胸针.
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2. 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。
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3. RenownedChinese director, Chen Kaige has a cameo role in which western movie?
知名导演陈凯歌曾在哪一部西方电影里客串演小兵?
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4. A Schwarzenegger advisor ruled out anything but a cameo role.
除了饰演不重要的小配角之外,施瓦辛格的顾问排除了他出演任何其他角色的可能.
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5. Jack Nicholson a cameo appearance in A Few Good Men.