massage
英 ['m?sɑ??; m?'sɑ??; -d?]
美[m?'sɑ?]
- vt. 按摩；揉
- n. 按摩；揉
CET6+TEM4中低頻詞常用詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?massages;第三人稱單數:?massages;過去式:?massaged;過去分詞:?massaged;現在分詞:?massaging;
助記提示
massage “摩、擦、擠” →按摩
中文詞源
massage 按摩
來自法語masser,揉，捏，來自PIE*mag,揉，捏，詞源同make,mass.引申詞義按摩。
英文詞源
- massage (v.)
- 1874, from massage (n.). Related: Massaged; massaging.
- massage (n.)
- 1874, from French massage "friction of kneading," from masser "to massage," possibly from Arabic massa "to touch, feel, handle;" if so, probably picked up in Egypt during the Napoleonic campaign there. Other possibility is that French got it in colonial India from Portuguese amassar "knead," a verb from Latin massa "mass, dough" (see mass (n.1)). Massage parlor first attested 1894, from the start a euphemism for "house of prostitution."
雙語例句
- 1. Massage is used to relax muscles, relieve stress and improve the circulation.
- 按摩可以使肌肉放松，緩解壓力和促進血液循環。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Their governments have no reason to "massage" the statistics.
- 他們的政府沒有理由“竄改”這些數據。
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- 3. Alex asked me if I wanted a massage.
- 亞力克斯問我是否想做按摩。
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- 4. Massage is a wonderful antidote to stress.
- 按摩是舒緩壓力的一劑妙方。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. She was given artificial respiration and cardiac massage.
- 有人給她做了人工呼吸和心臟按壓。
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