CAMEO


Meaning of CAMEO in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kæmioʊ ]

( cameos)

1.

A cameo is a short description or piece of acting which expresses cleverly and neatly the nature of a situation, event, or person’s character.

He played a cameo role, that of a young Aids patient in hospital.

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2.

A cameo is a piece of jewellery, usually oval in shape, consisting of a raised stone figure or design fixed on to a flat stone of another colour.

...a cameo brooch.

N-COUNT

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