matter

詳細解釋：

mat.ter

n.（名詞）

Something that occupies space and can be perceived by one or more senses; a physical body, a physical substance, or the universe as a whole.
物質：占據一定空間並能被一種或多種感覺感知到的東西；實體、物質或整個宇宙
Physics Something that has mass and exists as a solid, liquid, or gas.
【物理學】 物體：有質量並以固態、液態或氣態形式存在的東西
A specific type of substance:
物質的一種特定形式：
例句：
inorganic matter.
無機物

Discharge or waste, such as pus or feces, from a living organism.
排出物：從生命體排生物或廢物，如膿、屎、尿等
Philosophy In Aristotelian and Scholastic use, that which is in itself undifferentiated and formless and which, as the subject of change and development, receives form and becomes substance and experience.
【哲學】 命題的本質，內容：亞里斯多德學派和學術派用法，他們認為物質自身是無顯著特點的、無形的，但作為變化和發展的主體有其形式並成為實質和體驗
Christian Science That which is postulated by the mortal mind, regarded as illusion and as the opposite of substance or God:
【基督教科學派】 幻覺意識：心裡假想為真的或正確的東西，被認為是幻覺，有悖於物質和上帝：
例句：
.Spirit is the real and eternal; matter is the unreal and temporal.(Mary Baker Eddy)
.精神是真實的、永恆的；物質是不真實的、短暫的.(瑪麗·貝克·艾迪)

The substance of thought or expression as opposed to the manner in which it is stated or conveyed.
思想的本質：與思維和表達的方式相悖的思想或表達的本質
A subject of concern, feeling, or action:
考量，事物：關心、感情或行為的承受者：
例句：
matters of foreign policy; a personal matter.See Synonyms at subject
外交政策的問題；私事參見 subject

Trouble or difficulty:
麻煩，困難：
例句：
What`s the matter with your carô
你的車出什麼毛病了ô

An approximated quantity, amount, or extent:
近似量：大約的數量、總額或範圍：
例句：
The construction will last a matter of years.
這項工程將會持續一年左右

Something printed or otherwise set down in writing:
印刷品，書寫之物：
例句：
reading matter.
閱讀材料

Something sent by mail.
郵件：郵寄的東西
Printing
【印刷術】
Composed type.
排版
Material to be set in type.
被編排的材料
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
mat.tered,mat.ter.ing,mat.ters
To be of importance:
要緊，有關係：
例句：
.Love is most nearly itself/When here and now cease to matter.(T.S. Eliot)See Synonyms at count
.愛就是愛；從現在開始停止對它的任何評價吧.(T.S.艾略特)參見 count

<習慣用語>as a matter of fact
In fact; actually.
事實上；實際上
for that matter
So far as that is concerned; as for that.
就此而言，至於此
no matter
Regardless of:
不論：
例句：
.Yet there isn`t a train I wouldn`t take,/No matter where it`s going.(Edna St. Vincent Millay)
.可我會踏上任何一輛火車，不管它去哪裡.(埃德娜·聖文森特·米萊)

來源：
Middle English
中古英文
from Old French matere
源自 古法文 matere
from Latin m3teria * see m3ter-
源自 拉丁語 m3teria *參見 m3ter-