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Massage French Massa 7159.Massage 英 Mæsɑːʒ Mə'Sɑːʒ Dʒ]美

正面 7159.massage
英 ['mæsɑːʒ; mə'sɑːʒ; -dʒ]美 [mə'sɑʒ]

背面
释义:
vt. 按摩;揉n. 按摩;揉
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。

massage “摩、擦、挤” →按摩
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。
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.""

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