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発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈkæm.iː.əʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkæm.i.oʊ/

名詞

cameo (複数形 cameos または cameoes)

1. A piece of jewelry, etc., carved in relief.
   • 1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Eternal City”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, OCLC 1023879857, page 433:

     Aarfy's buxom trollop had vanished with her smutty cameo ring, and Nurse Duckett was ashamed of him because he had refused to fly more combat missions and would cause a scandal.

2. A single very brief appearance, especially by a prominent celebrity in a movie or song.

   Famous comic book writer Stan Lee had a cameo in the Spider-Man movie. He was on screen for perhaps ten seconds, but aficionados distinctly remember him.

   • 1922, Michael Arlen, “Ep./4/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:

     As they turned into Hertford Street they startled a robin from the poet's head on a barren fountain, and he fled away with a cameo note.

   • 2020 September 5, Phil McNulty, “Iceland 0-1 England”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Southgate will have been delighted to give Foden the first of many England caps while Greenwood will also have enjoyed his taste of international action during his cameo after coming on as a substitute for Kane.

   • 2022 October 17, Rachel E. Gross, “Half the World Has a Clitoris. Why Don’t Doctors Study It?”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     Dr. Helen O’Connell, Australia’s first female urologist, recalled that in her own medical training, the clitoris barely made a cameo.

派生語

動詞

cameo (三人称単数 現在形 cameos, 現在分詞 cameoing, 過去形および過去分詞形 cameoed)

1. To appear in a cameo role.

アナグラム

• Meaco, comae