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memorabilia

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++mem·o·ra·bil·i·a /ˌmemərəˈbɪliə/ noun [plural]  REMEMBERthings that you keep or collect because they are connected with a famous person, event, or time 纪念品,收藏品 a collection of war memorabilia 一批战争纪念藏品
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memorabiliaFinally Brooks of Clapham included a varied and most interesting collection of aviation memorabilia in their sale on September 15.Bogies is housed in a restored movie theater and decorated with Humphrey Bogart memorabilia.Elvis memorabiliaRhode Island native Charlie spent the better part of his adult life collecting Elvis Presley memorabilia.University of California officials said they were stunned to learn that the school would lose its collection of Saroyan memorabilia to Stanford.We've lots of theatre memorabilia saved from old music halls and theatres.The fifty year old mortar had been brought to the Oxfam shop in Cheltenham with other war memorabilia in a sack.
Origin memorabilia (1700-1800) Latin memorabilis; → MEMORABLE
mem·o·ra·bil·i·a nounChineseSyllable
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memorabilia
memorabilia /ˌmemərəˈbɪliə/ noun [plural]
 Word Family: noun: memorial, memory, memo, memoir, memorabilia, memorandum; adjective: memorable, memorial, immemorial; verb: memorize, memorialize; adverb: memorably
 Date: 1700-1800
 Language: Latin
 Origin: memorabilis; memorable
things that you keep or collect because they are connected with a famous person, event, or time:
    a collection of war memorabilia


mem·ora·biliaBrE /ˌmemərəˈbɪliə/ 🔊NAmE /ˌmemərəˈbɪliə/ 🔊 noun [plural] things that people collect because they once belonged to a famous person, or because they are connected with a particular interesting place, event or activity 收藏品;纪念品football/Beatles memorabilia足球/披头士乐队纪念品