mat

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Related topics: House, Other sports

mat1 /mæt/ noun [countableC]

DHHa small piece of thick rough material which covers part of a floor 地垫；地席；蒲席

Wipe your feet on the mat.

在地垫上蹭蹭你的鞋底。

2 DHHa small flat piece of wood, cloth etc which protects a surface, especially on a table 〔尤指用以保护桌面的木质或布质〕小垫子

a beer mat (=a mat for putting a glass of beer on)

啤酒杯垫

a mouse mat (=for a computer mouse)

鼠标垫

→ place mat

3 DSOa piece of thick soft material used in some activities for people to sit on, fall onto etc 〔某些活动用的〕厚软垫

a yoga mat

瑜伽垫

a prayer mat

祈祷垫

→4 See picture on 见图 Page A10 Sports centre 体育运动中心

4 go to the mat (for somebody/something) informal to do everything you can to solve a difficult problem, win an argument, support someone etc （为某人/某事）全力以赴

The mayor is willing to go to the mat on this issue.

市长决心在这件事上全力以赴。

5 AMOUNTa thick mass of something such as hairs or leaves 〔头发、树叶等的〕一簇，一团 → matted

mat of

a floating mat of vegetation

一簇漂浮的植物

→ matting

Examples from the Corpus

mat• There was a smell of polished wood, hymnals, and rubber floor mats.• Painted-over windows, freshly laundered towels neatly folded, and a paper mat outside the tiny shower highlight the bathroom.• a plastic place mat• They kneel on straw mats in their dark clothing and chant in unison with a Buddhist priest.• Even drunks at parties manage to crawl off the mats to be ill.• The newspaper slowly unfolded itself on the mat, flopping open to reveal some glossy law magazine that had been placed inside.• You can leave the key under the mat.• To satisfy this need, the owners of the local establishments have rolled out the welcome mat.• Shopkeepers beckoned us into their premises where we were tempted by sparkling silver jewellery and traditional greek hand woven mats.

beer mat• She sat crumbling a beer mat between her fingers.• Penguin has produced a beer mat to help promote it.• The Samaritans has tried to target men by advertisements on beer mats and in changing rooms.• It was more like a saucer or a small beer mat.• My eyes glued to the beer mat I tried to take in what was being said.

mat2 adjectiveadj

x-refanother spelling of matt / matt 的另一种拼法

Examples from the Corpus

mat• Indeed, the signal from the mat flux episodes may have to be filtered out to permit conventional Milankovitch band analysis.• This represents the very abrupt onset of a period of sustained high productivity and diatom mat flux.• So maybe it was somewhere on mat land me chopper has put down.

Origin mat1

(700-800) Late Latin matta

mat1 nounmat2 adjectiveadj

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