mouton, major in Chinese Linguistics and Philosophy

“Yes, you have a language, but if you want mass literacy, this thing is a disaster,” said Mr. Moser, who is the academic director at CET, a Chinese language program in Beijing, has a Ph.D. in psycholinguistics and Chinese, and has lived in China for more than 30 years. “The written symbols are fantastically hard to master.”
「是，是有了一種語言，但如果想普及讀寫，它就是一場災難，」莫大偉說。他是北京一個名叫CET的漢語項目的負責人，擁有漢學博士學位，研究過心理語言學。已在華生活30多年的他說，「書寫符號很難掌握。」http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20160530/c30chinamoser/dual/

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David Moser holds a Master’s and a Ph.D. in Chinese Studies from the University of Michigan, with a major in Chinese Linguistics and Philosophy.




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紀德A. Gide {如果麥子不死}孟祥森譯，台北：志文，1979，頁19 (此書原文法文，孟先生翻譯時可能根據英文本，不過 mouton 在英文是1950年代的"羊皮京特殊毛皮處理法.......))

我們平常都叫他羊仔(Mouton )，也許是因為他那件小白羊毛外套而得名的吧。

mouton 

Pronunciation: /ˈmuːtɒn/ 

NOUN

[MASS NOUN]

Sheepskin cut and dyed to resemble beaver fur or sealskin.

羊皮切染成類似海狸毛皮或海豹皮。

• There are also some brilliant-looking mouton and coyote-leather/fur boots.
• My mom had a mouton fur coat that was put away in the attic.
• I can make a parka, mouton mittens, and sew a fur ruff to finish it all off.

Example sentences

Origin

1950s: from French, literally 'sheep'.

1. 名詞] ムートン：アザラシ，ビーバーなどの毛皮に似せて加工した羊の毛皮.

［語源］

1944.＜フランス語「羊，羊の皮」；→MUTTON

1. 中期英語 moton 羊＜古期フランス語＜ケルト語
2. Mutton
3. [名詞]
4. 1 (食用の)羊の肉，マトン，(特に lamb と区別して)成長した羊の肉
   • roast mutton
   • ローストマトン
   • a leg of mutton
   • 羊の足肉.
5. 2 ((おどけて)) 羊.