masque的词源

英文词源

masque (n.)

"masquerade, masked ball," 1510s, from Middle French masque; see mask (n.), with which it was originally identical. It developed a special sense of "amateur theatrical performance" (1560s) in Elizabethan times, when such entertainments (originally performed in masks) were popular among the nobility.

中文词源

masque：假面剧

来自中古法语masque,面具，词源同mask.引申词义假面舞会，后用于指假面剧。

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