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单词 -rama
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-ramacomb. form

Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly, e.g. laugharama Brit. /ˌlɑːfəˈrɑːmə/, /ˌlafəˈrɑːmə/, U.S. /ˌlæfəˈrɑmə/.
Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening; originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymon: -orama comb. form.
Etymology: Shortened < -orama comb. form, with the -o- reanalysed as part of the initial element (see -o- connective), originally after French -rama (1843 in the passage translated in quot. 1896 ). Compare earlier rama n.A small number of formations within English (e.g. Motorama n., Cinerama n.) are found from the mid 20th cent. Some less common forms are illustrated here.
= -orama comb. form 2.
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1896 E. Marriage tr. H. de Balzac Old Goriot 54 The diorama, a recent invention,..had given rise to a mania among art students for ending every word with rama [Fr. rama]...‘There is an uncommon frozerama [Fr. froitorama] outside!’.. ‘Why do you say frozerama?.. It should be frozenrama [Fr. froidorama].’
1954 Amer. Speech 29 157 Immediately after the enthusiastic reception of Cinerama by critics and public, the liquor store next door to the theater called its window display a ‘liquorama’.
1962 Word Study Dec. 6/2 An exhibition of automobiles known as Motorama,..a Launderama (coin-operated automatic washers with dryers).
1973 Advocate-News (Barbados) 15 Dec. 6/1 Cyclerama,..musicrama and laugharama.
1992 Washington Post 26 June d1/6 This hackneyed stalker-rama, which pretends to be a call for gun control, ultimately is little more than an excuse to turn the bad guy into a human colander.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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