英语词汇“message”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	message
释义	mes·sage I. \ˈmesij, -sēj\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin missaticum, from Latin missus (past participle of mittere to send) + -aticum -age — more at smite 1. : a charge, service, or function of a messenger : mission < murmuring her lesson to herself like a child sent on a message — Francis Hackett > < the girl will go on a message to the shop — Cahir Healy > 2. : a written or oral communication or other transmitted information sent by messenger or by some other means (as by signals) 3. a. : a divinely inspired or revealed communication (as of a prophet) : an inspired utterance : evangel b. : the basic teachings of a religious revelation < the reader becomes aware of some subordinate aims which have left their mark on the form of the message — Interpreter's Bible > also : an interpretation of such a revelation < had preached a rather shallow message — J.C.Brauer > c. : a sermon or homiletical discourse forming part of a worship service or other religious meeting < the pastor brought the message > d. : a discourse or statement made to a gathering and intended especially to inspire, encourage, or greet < gave an appropriate blessing and also a message of goodwill for the absent members — Joseph Hitrec > 4. : an official communication (as from a sovereign to a parliament or from a chief executive to a legislature) often not made in person but delivered by messenger and read by an authorized person < the presidential message has grown from a formal requirement of the Constitution to a recognized and influential source of legislative action — W.S.Sayre > < the messages the president must work on are the State of the Union address, the budget, and the economic report — New York Times > 5. a. : a principle or basic purpose signified in one's life or lifework : a meaning (as of a work of art) that communicates itself : import, significance < the message of a fine symphony or string quartet — Winthrop Sargeant > < the role of a work of art is to communicate its message to the spectator — Ladislas Segy > b. : an underlying or pervasive theme or idea intended to inspire, urge, advise, warn, or enlighten < the message of a movie dealing with juvenile delinquency > < calls her novels fables with a message — W.S.Campbell > < small size and population permits an energetic candidate to carry his message personally throughout the state — Douglass Cater > 6. : a group of words used to advertise or notify < postcards with advertising messages — National Stamp News > < the message of a radio commercial > 7. : a communication held to originate with a departed spirit, to be transmitted by a medium, and to be intended for a living person 8. a. : the substance of a telephone call b. : the contents of a telegram, cablegram, or radiogram 9. : a unit of information that is received by a sensory organ, is transmitted centrally in the nervous system, and functions as a stimulus < certain definite and fixed messages will be sent to the brain by the vestibular sense acting in coordination with sight and muscle sense — H.G.Armstrong > II. \“, esp in pres part -səj\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) *transitive verb* : to send as a message or by messenger < the commander … messaged “well done” to his pilots — Associated Press > < the bill is messaged back to the house of origination, which house may then vote either to concur or nonconcur in the amendments — Rhoten Smith > : order or instruct by message < messaged the other PT to follow us into the attack — Dave Richardson > *intransitive verb* : to communicate by message < after much messaging back and forth over the secret radio — Richard Thruelsen & Elliott Arnold >
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