English Dictionary

camp

IPA（発音記号）

/kæmp/

形容詞

男性形

Theatrical; making exaggerated gestures. / (of a man) Ostentatiously effeminate. / Intentionally tasteless or vulgar, self-parodying.

日本語の意味

演劇的で誇張されたジェスチャーをする様子 / （特に男性が）派手で女性的な振る舞いをすること / 意図的に趣味がなく下品であり、自虐的な風刺を含む様子

The director loved the camp aesthetic and encouraged the actors to play every scene with exaggerated flair.

監督は芝居がかった美学を気に入り、俳優たちに各場面を誇張した華やかさで演じるよう奨励した。

意味（1）

Theatrical; making exaggerated gestures.

意味（2）

(of a man) Ostentatiously effeminate.

More recently the word has become colloquial English for either implying that someone is a homosexual (‘he's very camp’), or for describing rather outre behaviour […]

意味（3）

Intentionally tasteless or vulgar, self-parodying.

In Saturday Night Live, Madonna also unsurprisingly played Princess Diana, Marilyn Monroe, and a Joan Collins clone, all in a very camp way. As John Dean writes: “U.S. rock has a ruling camp queen with Madonna.”

camper （ comparative ）

campest （ superlative ）