| 单词 | matted |
| 释义 | matted (once / 2775 pages) 1adj 2adj Matted things are snarled into a twisted mat. If you never brush your long hair, it will become matted and soon you will be in dreadlocks. Silky hair easily becomes matted, and so does the fur of long-haired animals. Many sheep are covered with a dense, matted wool that is sheared off every year and spun into yarn for making sweaters and blankets. The adjective matted comes from mat, which originally meant "tangled mass," from the Late Latin matta, "mat made of rushes." WORD FAMILYmat: mats, matted, matting+/matting: mattings USAGE EXAMPLESHis clothes and hands were stained with blood and his hair matted with dust. Time(Dec 11, 2016) The matted and mussed hair of the famously bizarre German children’s book character Struwwelpeter was meant to serve as a warning about bad hygiene. Science Magazine(Nov 22, 2016) Her hair was matted with sweat, and droplets of moisture teetered on the edge of her upper lip. Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns(2007) 1 adj tangled in a dense mass 2tried to push through the matted undergrowth Syn tangled in a confused mass adj not reflecting light; not glossy Syn flat, mat, matt, matte dull emitting or reflecting very little light |
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