| 单词 | -orama |
| 释义 | -orama, -(r)ama, suffix
[a. Gk. ὅραµα view, as in the second element of cyclorama, panorama.]
As a suffix suggestive of considerable size or expanse, in commercial use to form nouns the nature of which is indicated by the first element. Cf. diorama, Cinerama.
1824E. Weeton Jrnl. 17 July (1969) II. 306 Visited the Cosmorama... I had now seen many of the -ramas in London, Ignoramus' and all. 1896E. Marriage tr. Balzac's Old Goriot 54 The diorama, a recent invention,..had given rise to a mania among art students for ending every word with rama... ‘Well, Monsieur-r-r Poiret,..how is your health-orama?’ Ibid. ‘There is an uncommon frozerama outside!’... ‘Why do you say frozerama?..it should be frozenrama.’ 1954Amer. Speech XXIX. 157 Audiorama, a display of acoustic instruments;..striporama, a burlesque movie. 1962Word Study Dec. 6/2 An exhibition of automobiles known as Motorama,..a Launderama (coin-operated automatic washers with dryers). 1963Guardian 24 Aug. 6/3, I observe from your London Letter..that a fresh verbal monstrosity is to be inflicted on the defenceless English population—something called a ‘scent-a-rama’. 1973Advocate-News (Barbados) 15 Dec. 6/1 With all the ‘ramas’ like cyclerama, brassorama, musicrama and laugharama, why can't we call this one ugly-o-rama? Doesn't it sound great? 1977Radio Times 29 Oct. 20/3 Swaporama with Keith Chegwin. |
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