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.
按摩可以使肌肉放鬆，緩解壓力和促進血液循環。
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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。
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5. She was given artificial respiration and cardiac massage.