mason

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n. 泥瓦匠, 共济会会员 vt. 用砖瓦砌成

发音

US /ˈmeɪsən/

词形变化

masons 复数 masons masoned masoning masons 三单 masoning 现在分词 masoned 过去式 masoned 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A bricklayer, one whose occupation is to build with stone or brick.

  2. 2.

    One who prepares stone for building purposes.

  3. 3.

    A member of the fraternity of Freemasons. See Freemason.

v.
  1. 1.

    To build stonework or brickwork about, under, in, over, etc.; to construct by masons

    及物

    to mason up a well or terrace

    to mason in a kettle or boiler

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词源

From Middle English masoun, machun, from Anglo-Norman machun, masson, Old French maçon, from Late Latin maciō (“carpenter, bricklayer”), from Frankish *makjō (“maker, builder”), a derivative of Frankish *makōn (“to work, build, make”), from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“to knead, mix, make”), conflated with Proto-West Germanic *mattjō (“cutter”), from Proto-Indo-European *metn-, *met- (“to cut”).

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