-ma-

短语

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    Adds ironic pseudo-sophistication to an existing word.

    幽默

    education + -ma- → edumacation

    alcohol + -ma- → alcamahol

    saxophone + -ma- → saxomaphone

  2. 1.

    a shortened allomorph of the monoclonal antibody affix -mar-, used before the affixes -xi- and -zu- for ease of pronunciation

    医学

词源

Probably modeled on existing playful terms where -ma- is the third syllable like thingamabob, thingamajig, rigamarole, razzamatazz, whatchamacallit.

来源：wiktionary