Matter

['mætə] or ['mætɚ]

解释:

(noun.) that which has mass and occupies space; 'physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it'.

(noun.) (used with negation) having consequence; 'they were friends and it was no matter who won the games'.

(noun.) a vaguely specified concern; 'several matters to attend to'; 'it is none of your affair'; 'things are going well'.

(noun.) a problem; 'is anything the matter?'.

(noun.) written works (especially in books or magazines); 'he always took some reading matter with him on the plane'.

阿德拉录入--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) That of which anything is composed; constituent substance; material; the material or substantial part of anything; the constituent elements of conception; that into which a notion may be analyzed; the essence; the pith; the embodiment.

(n.) That of which the sensible universe and all existent bodies are composed; anything which has extension, occupies space, or is perceptible by the senses; body; substance.

(n.) That with regard to, or about which, anything takes place or is done; the thing aimed at, treated of, or treated; subject of action, discussion, consideration, feeling, complaint, legal action, or the like; theme.

(n.) That which one has to treat, or with which one has to do; concern; affair; business.

(n.) Affair worthy of account; thing of consequence; importance; significance; moment; -- chiefly in the phrases what matter ? no matter, and the like.

(n.) Inducing cause or occasion, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing; difficulty; trouble.

(n.) Amount; quantity; portion; space; -- often indefinite.

(n.) Substance excreted from living animal bodies; that which is thrown out or discharged in a tumor, boil, or abscess; pus; purulent substance.

(n.) That which is permanent, or is supposed to be given, and in or upon which changes are effected by psychological or physical processes and relations; -- opposed to form.

(n.) Written manuscript, or anything to be set in type; copy; also, type set up and ready to be used, or which has been used, in printing.

(v. i.) To be of importance; to import; to signify.

(v. i.) To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate.

(v. t.) To regard as important; to take account of; to care for.

爱德华整理

同义词及近义词：

n. [1]. Substance, body.[2]. Stuff, material, raw material.[3]. Topic, subject, question, subject-matter, matter in hand.[4]. Affair, business, concern, thing, event, course of things.[5]. Trouble, cause of distress.[6]. Importance, consequence, import, moment.[7]. Pus, purulence, purulent matter.

v. n. Signify, import, be of importance, be of consequence.

安娜校对

同义词及反义词：

SYN:Substance, stuff, subject

布莱尔整理

解释:

n. that which occupies space and with which we become acquainted by our bodily senses: that out of which anything is made: that which receiving a form becomes a substance: the subject or thing treated of: anything engaging the attention: that with which one has to do: cause of a thing: thing of consequence: something requiring remedy or explanation: any special allegation in law: importance: a measure &c. of indefinite amount: (print.) material for work type set up: mere dead substance that which is thrown off by a living body esp. pus or the fluid in boils tumours and festering sores.—v.i. to be of importance: to signify: to form or discharge matter in a sore:—pr.p. matt′ering; pa.p. matt′ered.—adjs. Matt′erful full of matter pithy; Matt′erless; Matt′er-of-fact adhering to the matter of fact: not fanciful: dry; Matt′ery significant: purulent.—Matter of course occurring in natural time and order as a thing to be expected; Matter of fact really happening and not fanciful or supposed: not wandering beyond realities.

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