| 单词 | massage |
| 释义 | massage (once / 2892 pages) nv When someone rubs your muscles to help relax them, that's a massage. Feels good, doesn't it? When someone tells you how great you are to gain favor, they massage your ego. Not bad, either. The word massage has a mysterious background, possibly coming from the Arabic massa, meaning "to touch," finding its way to 19th Century France by way of Napoleon. Would you accept a foot massage from Napoleon? Or, it might have worked its way to France from India, where amassar carries the meaning "knead." The year 1913 saw the first massage parlor, which was really a brothel. Today massage is a recognized form of physical therapy and is, of course, practiced by amateurs too. A little to the left, please. WORD FAMILYmassage: massaged, massager, massages, massaging+/massager: massagers USAGE EXAMPLESThe woman told her the massage used energy to heal. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) Seattle police are investigating a crash between a fire engine and a ladder truck, which led the ladder truck to plow into a massage business. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) In between, we read by the pool, got massages, and shopped. Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016) 1n kneading and rubbing parts of the body to increase circulation and promote relaxation Hypo|Hyper rubdown the act of rubbing down, usually for relaxation or medicinal purposes cardiac massage, heart massagean emergency procedure that employs rhythmic compression of the heart (either through the chest wall or, during surgery, directly to the heart) in an attempt to maintain circulation during cardiac arrest effleuragea rhythmic stroking petrissagemassage of the skin which is gently lifted and squeezed reflexologymassage to relieve tension by finger pressure; based on the belief that there are reflex points on the feet, hands, and head that are connected to every part of the body Swedish massagemassage combined with a system of active and passive exercises for the muscles and joints tapotementmassage in which the body is tapped rhythmically with the fingers or with short rapid movements of the sides of the hand; used to loosen mucus on the chest walls of patients with bronchitis intervention, treatment care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury) 2v manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes Syn|Hyper knead, rub down manipulate hold something in one's hands and move it 3v give a massage to She massaged his sore back Hyper care for, treat provide treatment for |
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