| 释义 |
-teria, suffix orig. and chiefly U.S.|ˈtɪərɪə|
Also -eteria.
[Derived from cafeteria by analysis of its components as café + -teria.]
A suffix used commercially to form the names of self-service retail or catering establishments.
1923Mod. 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. 1929Amer. Speech IV. 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[see burger]. 1959Times 27 Oct. 13/5 To the collection of -teria and -toria add ‘Valeteria’ and ‘Washeteria’—in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1965Listener 2 Sept. 339/1 An Italian café-owner..has..switched his sign from Pizzeria to Pie-teria. |