'mater

发音

US /ˈmeɪtɚ/

词形变化

'maters 复数 'maters

别名

mater

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Contraction of tomato.

    非正式

    'mater sandwich

词源

Clipping of a dialectal pronunciation of tomato such as tomater (or the also-attested dialectal rendering termater) with intrusive rhotacism. Compare tater (“potato”) and 'naner (“banana”).

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