来自mat,垫子。即像垫子一样编织在一起，引申词义缠结的，蓬乱的。

1. She had matted hair and torn dusty clothes.

她蓬头乱发，衣衫褴褛，满是灰尘。

2. His hair was matted together.

他的头发缠结在一起.

3. The swimmer's wet hair was matted together.

那游泳者的湿头发乱糟糟结成一团.

4. Spirits cabined and confined by winter expanded like matted cotton wadding fluffed out again.

被冬天枷锁了的灵魂,和被束掩的棉花一样舒展开来.

5. We had a glimpse of the towering multitude of trees, of the immense matted jungle.

我们这才看清那片参天的树林, 无边无际的枝蔓缠绕在一起的丛莽.