mason

英 ['me?s(?)n] 美['mesn]

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復數:?masons;

mason 石匠，泥瓦匠，用磚瓦砌成

來自古法語masson,石匠，可能來自Proto-Germanic*mait,砍，劈，來自PIE*mai,砍，詞源同smith,maim.或來自PIE*mag,揉，捏，形成，詞源同make,massage.詞義共濟會縮寫自Freemason.

mason: mason: [13] English originally acquired mason in the form machun, from Anglo-Norman. In the 14th century it was remodelled as masoun or mason on the basis of Old French masson. The derivation of this is disputed. Some etymologists claim that it comes via a Vulgar Latin *matiō from prehistoric Germanic *mattjon (source of German steinmetz ‘stonemason’), but an alternative theory traces it back to a Frankish *makjo, a derivative of *makōn ‘make’.
mason (n.): c. 1200, "stoneworker" (as a surname, early 12c.), from Old French masson, ma?on "stone mason" (Old North French machun), probaby from Frankish *makjo or some other Germanic source (compare Old High German steinmezzo "stone mason," Modern German Steinmetz, second element related to mahhon "to make;" see make (v.)). But it also might be from, or influenced by, Medieval Latin machio, matio (7c.) which is said by Isidore to be derived from machina (see machine). The medieval word also might be from the root of Latin maceria "wall." Meaning "a Freemason" is attested from early 15c. in Anglo-French.

1. Mason was uninhibited in his questions about Foster's family.: 梅森就福斯特的家庭毫無顧忌地發問。

2. He did impressions of Sean Connery and James Mason.: 他對肖恩·康納利和詹姆斯·梅森進行了滑稽模仿。