| 释义 |
mat1 /mat/ noun- A piece of fabric or material of any of various types and thicknesses, laid on the ground for any of various purposes, eg covering part of the floor, standing or lying on, wiping one's shoes on at a threshold, absorbing shock on landing or falling in gymnastics, wrestling, etc
- A rug
- A smaller piece of cloth, cork or other material for placing under a vase, dish, or other object to prevent damage to the surface it stands on
- A sack of matting used to cover a chest of tea, coffee, etc
- A certain weight held by such a sack
- A closely-interwoven or tangled mass, esp of hair or vegetation, or of brushwood protecting a riverbank
- A web of rope yarn
transitive verb (mattˈing; mattˈed)- To cover with mats
- To interweave
- To tangle closely
intransitive verb To become tangled in a mass ORIGIN: OE matt(e), meatte, from L matta a mat; perh of Punic origin mattˈed adjective Tangled mattˈing noun - Mat-making
- Becoming matted
- Covering with mats
- Material used as mats
matˈgrass or matˈweed noun - A small, tufted, rushlike moorland grass (Nardus stricta)
- Marram
on the mat On the carpet (figurative) |