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墊,叢,襯邊粗糙的,無光澤的糾纏在一起鋪席於…上,使無光澤

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Mat \Mat\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Matted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Matting}.]
   1. To cover or lay with mats. --Evelyn.

   2. To twist, twine, or felt together; to interweave into, or
      like, a mat; to entangle.

            And o'er his eyebrows hung his matted hair.
                                                  --Dryden.

Mat \Mat\, v. i.
   To grow thick together; to become interwoven or felted
   together like a mat.

Mat \Mat\, n. [Cf. {Matte}.]
   A name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of copper, tin,
   iron, etc., usually called white metal. [Written also
   {matt}.]

Mat \Mat\, a. [OF. See 4th {Mate}.]
   Cast down; dejected; overthrown; slain. [Obs.]

         When he saw them so piteous and so maat. --Chaucer.

Mat \Mat\, n. [AS. matt, meatt, fr. L. matta a mat made of
   rushes.]
   1. A fabric of sedge, rushes, flags, husks, straw, hemp, or
      similar material, used for wiping and cleaning shoes at
      the door, for covering the floor of a hall or room, and
      for other purposes.

   2. Any similar fabric for various uses, as for covering plant
      houses, putting beneath dishes or lamps on a table,
      securing rigging from friction, and the like.

   3. Anything growing thickly, or closely interwoven, so as to
      resemble a mat in form or texture; as, a mat of weeds; a
      mat of hair.

   4. An ornamental border made of paper, pasterboard, metal,
      etc., put under the glass which covers a framed picture;
      as, the mat of a daguerreotype.

   {Mat grass}. (Bot.)
      (a) A low, tufted, European grass ({Nardus stricta}).
      (b) Same as {Matweed}.

   {Mat rush} (Bot.), a kind of rush ({Scirpus lacustris}) used
      in England for making mats.

資料來源 : WordNet®

mat
     adj : not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a
           photograph with a matte finish" [syn: {flat}, {matt}, {matte},
            {matted}]
     [also: {matting}, {matted}]

mat
     n 1: a thick flat pad used as a floor covering
     2: mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture
        [syn: {matting}]
     3: sports equipment consisting of a piece of thick padding on
        the floor for gymnastic sports [syn: {gym mat}]
     4: a master's degree in teaching [syn: {Master of Arts in
        Teaching}]
     5: the property of having little or no contrast; lacking
        highlights or gloss [syn: {flatness}, {lusterlessness}, {lustrelessness},
         {matt}, {matte}]
     6: a small pad of material that is used to protect surface from
        an object placed on it
     [also: {matting}, {matted}]

mat
     v 1: twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child
          entangled the cord" [syn: {entangle}, {tangle}, {snarl}]
          [ant: {disentangle}, {disentangle}]
     2: change texture so as to become matted and felt-like; "The
        fabric felted up after several washes" [syn: {felt}, {felt
        up}, {mat up}, {matt-up}, {matte up}, {matte}]
     [also: {matting}, {matted}]