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diorama
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di·o·ram·a

diorama

 
pronunciation:
daI rae m [or] daI ra m
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part of speech: noun
definition: a scene represented by objects in the form of people, animals, or things, placed in front of a painted background.
立体模型
One of the museum's dioramas showed cave-dwelling people sitting around a fire.博物馆的一个立体模型展示了洞穴人围坐在篝火旁。
derivation: dioramic (adj.)
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The word diorama contains the following part:
dia-, di-1 Greek prefix that means across, apart, through, throughout