單詞
freemason
['fri'mesn]
基本信息
- n. 互濟(jì)會(huì)會(huì)員（等于mason）
中文詞源
Freemason 共濟(jì)會(huì)成員
一個(gè)西方社會(huì)古老而神秘的組織。free可能來(lái)自法語(yǔ)frere的訛誤，詞源同fraternity, 兄弟會(huì)。mason, 泥瓦匠。
英文詞源
- freemason (n.)
- late 14c., originally a traveling guild of masons with a secret code; in the early 17c. they began accepting honorary members and teaching them the secrets and lore, which was continued into or revived in the 17th century and by 1717 had developed into the secret fraternity of affiliated lodges known as Free and Accepted Masons (commonly abbreviated F. and A. M.). The accepted refers to persons admitted to the society but not belonging to the craft.
The exact origin of the free- is a subject of dispute. Some [such as Klein] see a corruption of French frère "brother," from frèrema?on "brother mason;" others say it was because the masons worked on "free-standing" stones; still others see them as "free" from the control of local guilds or lords [OED]. Related: freemasonic.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. My aunt was surprised and hoped it was not some Freemason affair.
- 舅媽覺(jué)得奇怪,希望不是為了共濟(jì)會(huì)的什么活動(dòng).
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