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单词 -teria
释义

-teriasuffix

Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly, e.g. Pie-tieria Brit. /ˌpʌɪˈtɪərɪə/, U.S. /ˌpaɪˈtɪriə/.
Forms: Also -eteria.
Etymology: Derived < cafeteria n. by analysis of its components as café + -teria.
Originally and chiefly U.S.
A suffix used commercially to form the names of self-service retail or catering establishments.
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1923 Mod. Lang. Notes XXXVIII. 188 Every one knows by this time that a cafeteria is a ‘help-yourself’ restaurant. Apparently in the popular mind the ending -teria or -eteria has come to indicate just such a process.
1929 Amer. Speech 4 334 To the vast and growing progeny of ‘cafeteria’ may be added the name given to ‘Maxwell's Vegetarian Healthateria’, 35 West Van Buren Street, Chicago.
1941 Word Study Nov. 7/1 A favorite broth of the word-brewers..forms like -burger, -krieg, -teria.
1959 Times 27 Oct. 13/5 To the collection of -teria and -toria add ‘Valeteria’ and ‘Washeteria’—in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1965 Listener 2 Sept. 339/1 An Italian café-owner..has..switched his sign from Pizzeria to Pie-teria.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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