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,mess a'round with sth (BrE also ,mess a'bout with sth) 1 to touch or use sth in a careless and/or annoying way 乱弄；玩弄：Who}s been messing
around with my computer?谁瞎动过我的电脑？. 2 to spend time playing with sth, repairing sth, etc.灰时间摆弄（或修理等乂；
瞎忙活.mess sb
a_bout/a_round to
treat sb in. an unfair and annoying way, especially by changing your mind a lot
or not doing what you said you would 粗鲁
地（或轻率地 > 七待，mess ’up丨，mess sth—_up to spoil sth or do it badly 把…弄糟；如乱地做：J’ve reaMy messed up this time•这次我真的把‘情给弄糟了。◊" you caned now youlZ
mess up aH my arrange/nents.如果 你现在取消，就会破环我所有的安排。.messsbr-'up 1 {informal) to cause sb to have serious
emotional or mental problems使心情恶劣；使精神崩溃2 (AM informal) to
physically hurt sb, especially by hitting them 使身体受备；殴打：He was messed up pretty.bad by the
other guy•他被另一个家伙打成了重伤。，mess sth— ■up to make sth dirty or untidy 使不整洁；弄脏；弄乱：
I
don't want you messing up my nice clean kitchen,
想让你弄脏我这整洁的厨房。‘mess with sb/sth (usually used in negative sentences 通常用于否定句）to get involved with sb/sth that
may be harmful 卷入有害的
事；与某人有牵连：J wouWn’t mess with him i/I were
you.我要是你就会离他远点儿。
mes-sage Otw /'mesid3/ noun, verb
■
flown ~ (from sb) (to sb) 1 a written or spoken piece of
information, etc. that you send to sb or leave for sb when you cannot speak to them
yourself (书面或口头
的）信息，消息，音信：rhere were no messages/or me at
the hoteL旅馆里没有给我的留言。◊ ne片a
messa^ on your answering machine.我在你的电话iz答机上留言 了。 ◊ Jenny’s not here at the
moment. Can JT tafce a message?珍妮这会儿不在。要我给你传个话吗？ ◊ We’ve had an urgent
message saying that your father's ill |^{|] 得到个紧急消息说你父系病了。◊ a
teZevised message /rom the President to the American 电视播出■的总
统告美国人民书◊ Messages 〇/support
Save been arriving >om aH over the country.表示声援的言论从全国各地纷
至沓来。◊ an
emaiZ message 电邮信息◊ J’ve been frying to get
you all day~don't you ever listen to your messages?^整天都在设法跟你联系，难道你就没有听一
下电话留言？ 一 see
also error message 2 a piece of information sent in
electronic form, for example by email or mobile phone/cellphone 电邮（或手机）信息：
TTiere were /our messages in my
inbox•我的收件II 里有 四封邮件。◊ ffe
sent me a message.他给義发7—条禱 息。一picture o page R7 3 [usually sing.] an important moral, social or political idea that a book, speech, etc.
is trying to communicate (书籍、演讲等的）要旨，要
点，教训：a用m with a strong re取ious message 有强刼 的宗教启示的电影◊ TVie campaign is trying to
get the message
across to young
people that drugs are dangerous.这次运动旨在让年轻人懂得毒品的危害。
4 a piece of information that is
sent from the brain to a part of the body, 〇( from a part of the body to the
brain (从大脑发给身体^部位或身体某部位向大脑发送的）信
息：The message arrives in your brain in a
fraction of a second信息瞬间便可f递到大脑。5 messagesJpl.]
(Scoff) shopping 购物；买东西：to do the messages.买东
西◊ to go}br
the messages 去买东.西..o:y〇u can
Zeave your messages (= the things that you have bought) here. 你可以把你买的东西放在这儿。IM get the 'message {informal) to understand what sb is trying to tell
you indirectly领悟，理解，明白（别人的暗示）：When he started looking at his
watch, I got the message and left. 他开始看表了，我明白他的意思，就走了d 〇n/off ■ message (of a
politician 从政者）stating/not
stating the official view of their political party 说明（_ 或不说明 > 所 属政党的官方观点
verfc ~ sb (sth) to send a text message to sb 向（某 人）传送（电+信息）：[VN] f/ona just messaged me. _ 奧纳刚给我发来短信。◊ [VN N] Brian messaged me
the news.布赖恩用短信告诉我这个消息。► messaging nown [U]： a muirimedfa messaging service 多媒体信息服务◊ pfeture messaging 图像传送
message board noun a place on a website where a user can
write or read messages (网站 > 留言板：J posted a question on the message board.我在留言板上贴
出下一个问题。
mes-sen-ger
/'mesind3a(r)/ noun a
person who gives a message to sb or who delivers messages to people as a job送信人；通信员；邮递员；信使：He sent the order by messenger.他通过邮递员发出订单。◊ a motorqyde 「骑摩托车的邮递员 IT»T?1 see shoot v. Mes.siah /rrw.saia/
ziown 1 the Messiah [sing.] (in Christianity
基督教）
Jesus Christ who was sent by God into the world to save people from evil and sin 弥赛亚；默 西亚；救世主基督 2 the
Messiah [sing.] (in
Judaism 犹 太教）a king who will be sent by God to
save the Jewish people弥赛亚（上帝要派去拯救犹太人民的国主） 3 messiah a leader who people believe will solve the problems of a country or tiie
world 人们信赖的领导者；
救世主；救星 033 saviour： He}s seen by many as a poifried
messiah.许多人将他视为政治救星。
mes-si-an-ic /.mesi'aemk/ adj. (format) 1 relating to a messiah 有关知世主的；救M的 2 attempting to make big changes in society or to a political system in
an extremely determined and enthusiastic way 有雄心壮志 的；狂热的：77ie
re/orms were carried out with an aZmost messianic zeaZ. 士革是以极大的热情进行的。
Messrs (fir£) (NAmE Messrs.) /'mesaz; NAmE -sarz/ abbr. (used as the plural of ‘Mr’ before
a list of names and before names of business companies) < Mr 的复数形 式,用于一组人名或公司名称前）：Messrs Smith, Brown and Jones史密斯、布朗和琼斯先生◊ Messrs T Brown and Co/ T.布朗公司诸位先生
'mess tin noun a metal tin used by soldiers for cooking,
eating and drinking 军用饭盒
messy /'mesi/ adj. (mess ier, messi-est) 1 dirty and/or untidy肮脏的；凌乱的;不整洁的333 chaotic: 77ie house was ahvays messy.这房子总是乱糟糟的。
2 making sb/sth
dirty and/or untidy 使脏乱的；使不整
洁的：/t
was a messy job.这是项很脏的工作。3 (of a situation 状况）unpleasant, confused or difficult
to deal with混乱命；难以处理的；令人厌烦的：rhe divorce was pain办〖and messy.那次离婚令人痛苦而又纠葛不清。
mes.tiza /me_sti:za/ nown
a female mestizo 梅斯蒂索女
性混f儿
mes-tizo /me'stiizau; NAmE -zou/ noun {pi. -os) a Latin American who has both Spanish and
Native American ANCESTORS梅斯蒂索混血儿（有西班牙和美洲土著血统
的拉丁美洲人）
Met /met/ flfc以.（//7/〇"r»fl/)
1 METEOROLOGICAL 气象的；
.气象学的：汍e Met OJfke weather forecast
service —秦气
象負天气预报处 2 the Met the Metropolitan Opera House (in
met pt, pp of meet
meta- /'meta/ combining form (in nouns, adjectives and verbs构成名词、形容词和动词）1 connected with a change of
position or state (位置或状态 > 变化的： metamorphosis 变形◊ metabolism 新陈代谢 2 higher;
beyond高于；一在左;在外：metaphysics糸而上学◊ metalanguage
me.tab.ol.ism /ma'taebalizam/ /low/! [U，sing.] (fe/o/ogy
生） the chemical processes
in living things that change food, etc. into energy and materials for growth 新陈代 谢：The body^ metabolism is slowed
down by extreme coW.严寒可以使身体新陈代谢的速度下降。►meta.bol.ic /.meta'bDlik; NAmE -'bail-/ adj. [usually before
noun] ： a metaboKc process/disorder 新陈代谢过程 /紊乱◊ a higfi/low metaboZfc rate高/彳氏新陈祆妞速度
me-tab-ol-ize (BrE also -ise) /ma'taebalaiz/ verb [VN] (biology to turn food,
minerals, etc. in the body into new cells, energy and waste products by means
of chemical processes新陈代谢（将食物、矿物质等通过化
学过程转换成新细胞、能量和废料> meta.car.pal /,met8'ka:pl; NAmE -'kairpl/ noun (anatomy any of the five bones
in the hand between the wrist and the fingers掌骨（人的腕骨与指骨之间的
五根小型长骨>