Oh! I'm a masseuse．I give people massages and stuff．

——Friends

嗯，我是個按摩師。我給人做按摩。

——《老友記》

一、下面我們來看看massage有幾種含義

n.

按摩，推拿，揉?the action of rubbing and pressing a person's body with the hands to reduce pain in the muscles and joints

Let me give you a facial massage first.

讓我先替您進(jìn)行臉部按摩。

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v.

1.按摩，推拿，揉 [T]?to rub and press a person's body with the hands to reduce pain in the muscles and joints

I want somebody to massage my shoulders.

我想要有人給我按摩肩膀。

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2.改動，竄改 [T]?to change facts, figures, etc. in order to make them seem better than they really are

Their governments have no reason to 'massage' the statistics.

他們的政府沒有理由“竄改”這些數(shù)據(jù)。

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二、你知道m(xù)assage和哪些詞更搭嗎？

cardiac massage

心臟按摩

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massage parlor

n. 按摩院,(掛按摩院招牌的)妓院

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三、接下來，做個填詞游戲吧

The government was accused of __________ the unemployment figures.

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?政府被指責(zé)謊報了失業(yè)人數(shù)。?