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To masturbate is to give sexual pleasure by touching or rubbing the sexual organs — your own, or another person's. In everyday life the solo meaning is the one people think of first; though actually, English does allow the 'to someone else' meaning as well, which Chinese 自慰 often does not.
To masturbatemasturbate is to give sexual pleasure by touching or rubbing the sexual organs是指用觸摸或摩擦性器官的方式給予性快感——your own, or another person's可以是自己的，也可以是別人的。In everyday life the solo meaning is the one people think of first日常生活裡，大家第一個想到的是『自己來』的那個意思；though actually不過其實，English does allow the 'to someone else' meaning as well英文也允許『幫別人做』的這個意思，which Chinese 自慰 often does not而中文的『自慰』通常不包含這一層。
It is a neutral, grown-up word: doctors, teachers, and health books use it without a joke. Among friends, people may switch to softer, ruder, or slang words, and older speakers may still treat the whole topic as something you should not name.
It is a neutral, grown-up word這是一個中性、成人用的字：doctors, teachers, and health books use it without a joke醫生、老師和健康教育的書都會正經地用這個字。Among friends朋友之間，people may switch to softer, ruder, or slang words可能會改用比較委婉、比較粗俗，或俚語的說法，and older speakers may still treat the whole topic as something you should not name而年長一輩的人可能仍然把整個話題當成不該說出口的事。
None of that changes the meaning. It is not a crime and not a medical problem by itself; scare stories (that it makes you weak, ill, or 'less of a person') are old and false.
None of that changes the meaning不過這些都不會改變這個字的意思。It is not a crime and not a medical problem by itself它本身不是犯罪，也不是醫療問題；scare stories (that it makes you weak, ill, or 'less of a person') are old and false那些說它會讓人變虛弱、生病，或『不完整』的恐嚇說法，都是老舊又不實的。
組成English made the verb from the noun masturbation, or from the Latin past form with the ending -ate. Where the Latin verb itself came from is not settled, so a tidy story about the pieces would be a guess.
同家族的字
- masturbationthe noun: the act
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
masturbateverb/ˈmæ.stə.beɪt/
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To stimulate oneself sexually, especially by use of one’s hand or a sex toy made for this purpose, often to the point of ejaculation or orgasm.
- I'm looking for some hot videos to masturbate to.
- The primary function of a souvenir fetish is so that the offender can relive the actual event within the context of the fantasy, usually while masturbating to maintain sexual arousal and achieve orgasm (Canter et al., 2004).
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To manually or by other means than one's own genitals stimulate someone else's genitals sexually.
- Mrs Intiasar’s maids often masturbated her in the morning. It wasn’t something she discussed with anybody, least of all the maids. In fact, she hardly thought about it.
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derogatoryinformalTo stimulate or please oneself by means of anything, not necessarily sexual, that does not get them anywhere; something that wastes their time; something that does not help others or achieve any important goal.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。