mason

英 ['meɪs(ə)n] 美['mesn]

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复数: masons;

mason 石匠，泥瓦匠，用砖瓦砌成

来自古法语masson,石匠，可能来自Proto-Germanic*mait,砍，劈，来自PIE*mai,砍，词源同smith,maim.或来自PIE*mag,揉，捏，形成，词源同make,massage.词义共济会缩写自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, maçon "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无顾忌地发问。

2. He did impressions of Sean Connery and James Mason.: 他对肖恩·康纳利和詹姆斯·梅森进行了滑稽模仿。