English-Thai Dictionary

cameo

N หิน ประดับ ที่ ออกแบบ ให้ นูน ขึ้น จาก พื้น สีเข้ม  hin-pra-dab-ti-ook-baeb-hai-nun-kuen-jak-phuen-see-khem

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CAMEO, CAMAIEU, CAMAYEU

n.A peculiar sort of onyx; also, a stone on which are found various figures and representations of landscapes, a kind of lusus naturae, exhibiting pictures without painting. The word is said to be the oriental camehuia, a name given to the onyx, when they find, in preparing it, another color; as who should say, another color. The word is applied by others to those precious stones, onyxes, carnelians and agates, on which lapidaries employ their art, to aid nature and perfect the figures.
The word is also applied to any gem on which figures may be engraved.
The word signifies also a painting in which there is only one color, and where the lights and shadows are of gold, wrought on a golden or azure ground. When the ground is yellow, the French call it cirage; when gray, grisaille. This work is chiefly used to represent bassorelievos.
Camera obscura, or dark chamber, in optics, an apparatus representing an artificial eye, in which the images of external objects, received through a double convex glass, are exhibited distinctly, and in their native colors, on a white matter, placed within the machine, in the focus of the glass.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CAMEO

Cam "e *o, n.; pl. Cameos. Etym: [It cammeo; akin to F. camée, camaïeu,Sp. camafeo, LL. camaeus, camahutus; of unknown origin. ]

 

Defn: A carving in relief, esp. one on a small scale used as a jewel for personal adornment, or like.

 

Note: Most cameos are carved in a material which has layers of different colors, such stones as the onyx and sardonyx, and various kinds of shells, being used. Cameo conch (Zoöl.), a large, marine, univalve shell, esp. Cassis cameo, C. rua, and allied species, used for cutting cameos. See Quern conch.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

cameo

cam e o |ˈkamēˌō ˈkæmiˌoʊ | ▶noun ( pl. cameos ) 1 a piece of jewelry, typically oval in shape, consisting of a portrait in profile carved in relief on a background of a different color. 2 a short descriptive literary sketch that neatly encapsulates someone or something: cameos of street life. • a small character part in a play or movie, played by a distinguished actor or a celebrity: [ as modifier ] : he played numerous cameo roles. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French camahieu, cama (h )u; later influenced by Italian cam (m )eo, from medieval Latin cammaeus, related to the Old French word.

 

cameo glass

cameo glass ▶noun [ mass noun ] decorative glass consisting of layers of different colours, the outermost being cut away to leave a design in relief.

 

Oxford Dictionary

cameo

cameo |ˈkamɪəʊ | ▶noun ( pl. cameos ) 1 a piece of jewellery, typically oval in shape, consisting of a portrait in profile carved in relief on a background of a different colour. 2 a short descriptive literary sketch which neatly encapsulates someone or something: cameos of street life. • a small character part in a play or film, played by a distinguished actor: [ as modifier ] : he played numerous cameo roles. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French camahieu, cama (h )u; later influenced by Italian cam (m )eo, from medieval Latin cammaeus, related to the Old French word.

 

cameo glass

cameo glass ▶noun [ mass noun ] decorative glass consisting of layers of different colours, the outermost being cut away to leave a design in relief.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

cameo

cameo noun they were willing to pay Brando millions just for a cameo: bit part, vignette.

 

Duden Dictionary

Cameo

Ca meo Substantiv, maskulin , der |ˈkæmɪoʊ |italienisch-englisch ; »Nebenrolle «Kurzauftritt prominenter Zeitgenossen in einem Film

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

cameo

cam e o /kǽmiòʊ /名詞 複 ～s C 1 (映画 舞台などの )名場面, 名演技, 見せ場 ; カメオ (出演 ) 〘名優が一場面だけゲスト出演する 〙; (文章による )見事な描写 ▸ do [have, make ] a cameo 名演技をする, 名場面に登場する 2 カメオ 〘貝殻 メノウなどに浮き彫りを施した装飾品 〙.