massage
英['mæsɑːʒ;mə'sɑːʒ;-dʒ]
美[mə'sɑʒ]
- vt. 按摩；揉
- n. 按摩；揉
词态变化
复数: massages;第三人称单数: massages;过去式: massaged;过去分词: massaged;现在分词: massaging;
助记提示
massage “摩、擦、挤” →按摩
中文词源
massage 按摩
来自法语masser,揉，捏，来自PIE*mag,揉，捏，词源同make,mass.引申词义按摩。
英文词源
- 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."
双语例句
- 1. Massage is used to relax muscles, relieve stress and improve the circulation.
- 按摩可以使肌肉放松，缓解压力和促进血液循环。
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- 2. Their governments have no reason to "massage" the statistics.
- 他们的政府没有理由“窜改”这些数据。
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- 3. Alex asked me if I wanted a massage.
- 亚力克斯问我是否想做按摩。
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- 4. Massage is a wonderful antidote to stress.
- 按摩是舒缓压力的一剂妙方。
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- 5. She was given artificial respiration and cardiac massage.
- 有人给她做了人工呼吸和心脏按压。
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