cameo的词源
英文词源
- cameo
- 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.
中文词源
发音释义：['kæmɪəʊ] n.浮雕；浮雕宝石；精彩片段；（明星）客串
词源解释：cameo←古法语camaieu←中古拉丁语cammaeus
cameo（卡梅奥）的本意是一种宝石雕刻手法，是以平面为基础的浅层浮雕，通常利用底面与雕刻面色彩的差异突出主体，常见于艺术品创作与珠宝制作。cameo还可以表示采用浮雕方式制作出来的宝石工艺品或首饰。除此以外，cameo通常用来比喻艺术作品中具有生动刻画效果的精彩片段以及明星在影视作品中的友情客串。
词组习语：cameo role（客串角色）；cameo appearance（友情客串）；cameo brooch（浮雕宝石胸针）
助记窍门：cameo = came（来）+o（一块椭圆形的小宝石）→凸出来的小宝石→浮雕宝石。或cameo→比camera（摄像机）短→电影中的短暂片段→客串、精彩片段
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：cameo 词源，cameo 含义。
cameo：浮雕珠宝手饰，小角色
词源不详。小角色义来自浮雕，即相对于群众演员而言较突出的配角。
cameo（浮雕宝石、小品）：用浮雕方式加工出来的宝石工艺品
cameo（卡梅奥）本是一种宝石加工方式，是以平面为基础的浅层浮雕，利用底面与雕刻面色彩的差异突出主体，常见于艺术品创作与珠宝制作。cameo还可以表示采用这种方式制作出来的宝石工艺品或首饰。除此以外，cameo通常用来比喻艺术作品中具有生动刻画效果的精彩片段以及明星在影视作品中的友情客串。
cameo：['kæmɪo] n.浮雕宝石，小品，精彩片段，表现抢眼的配角，明星客串
