单词 | -teria |
释义 | -teriasuffix Originally and chiefly U.S. A suffix used commercially to form the names of self-service retail or catering establishments. ΚΠ 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). < suffix1923 |
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