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marsupial

n.【動】有袋動物

ex. 袋鼠

or 你可以用諧音法：馬有肚皮唷.... = marsupial

kangaroo:marsupial＝squirrel:rodent
袋鼠是有袋動物＝松鼠是嚙齒類動物

martial

mars-ial

adj.戰爭的 [Of, relating to, or suggestive of war.]

ps. martial art = 武術

adj.軍隊的 [of, suitable for, or associated with war or the armed forces]

ex. martial music.

martial:military

martyr

n.烈士, 殉道者 [a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion, cause, or principle.]

ps. 忠烈祠 Martyr's Shrine ，台北有，高雄鼓山有也唷~

ex. He died as a martyr in the cause of science.
他為科學而犧牲。

字源：在希臘時代Gk. mártyros 是指「witness;見證」，原本是指在法庭中保持著自己的想法，後來就被用作指"寧願死、受難也不願放棄自己信仰、理念的人"

marvel

n.令人驚奇的事物 [One that evokes surprise, admiration, or wonder]

ex. My grandfather is a marvel; he goes hunting at his age.
我祖父真了不得,一大把年紀了還去打獵。

v.對...感到驚異 [To become filled with wonder or astonishment.]

ex. We marvelled that he had learned six languages in a short time.

mash

v.壓碎 [ to crush]

v.把...搗成糊狀 [to reduce to a soft, pulpy mass, as by beating or pressure, esp. in the preparation of food.]

ex. to mash the bananas with a fork.

n.糊狀物 [a soft, pulpy mass]

c.f

mash v.把...搗成糊狀 n.糊狀物

mesh n. [Any of the open spaces in a net or network]

mask

n.面具 [a covering for all or part of the face, worn to conceal one's identity.]

v. 掩飾, 戴面具 [To cover in order to conceal, protect, or disguise]

ex. He tried to mask his disappointment with a smile.
他試圖以微笑來掩飾他的失望。

(能的面具)

masquerade

masquer(=mask)-ade

n.化裝舞會 [a party, dance, or other festive gathering of persons wearing masks and other disguises, and often elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes.]

字尾 - ade是個名詞尾，代表動作、過程，或某人的動作。出現於法文過來的字，有時候也會從西班牙過來的字中出現。

dissemble:information＝masquerade:feeling

mason

mas(~make)-on

n.泥水匠 [ a person whose trade is building with units of various natural or artificial mineral products, as stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or tiles, usually with the use of mortar or cement as a bonding agent.]

聯想：

mason n.泥水匠

meson n.介子

A mason hardly understands what the meson means.

massacre

n.大屠殺 [the unnecessary, indiscriminate killing of a large number of human beings or animals, as in barbarous warfare or persecution or for revenge or plunder.]

ex. the massacre of millions during the war.

v .大屠殺 [ to kill unnecessarily and indiscriminately, esp. a large number of persons.]

聯想： mass + acre(英畝) 都跟大大的感覺有關

ps.The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974年版)

massive

mass-ive

adj.大而重的 [Consisting of or making up a large mass; bulky, heavy, and solid]

ex. The scale of the problem is massive.

mast

n.桅杆 [ Nautical . a spar(pole) or structure rising above the hull and upper portions of a ship or boat to hold sails, spars, rigging(ropes), booms(吊桿), signals, etc., at some point on the fore-and-aft line, as a foremast or mainmast.]

聯想：mast and master

He is a mast - making master . 他是桅杆製作大師。