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matted
(a.)鋪席子的,識結的,糾纏的褪色的,暗淡的
Mat, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Matted p. pr. & vb. n. Matting.]
1. To cover or lay with mats.
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·ted a. Having a dull surface; lusterless; unburnished; same as matte; as, matted gold leaf or gilding.
Matted glass, glass ornamented with figures on a dull ground.
Mat·ted, a.
1. Covered with a mat or mats; as, a matted floor.
2. Tangled closely together; having its parts adhering closely together; as, matted hair.
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mat
adj : not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a
photograph with a matte finish" [syn: flat, matt, matte,
matted]
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
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]
matted
adj 1: tangled in a dense mass; "tried to push through the matted
undergowth"
2: not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a
photograph with a matte finish" [syn: flat, mat, matt,
matte]