If hair or fur is matted, it is stuck together in thick clumps, like a rough mat on the floor. You cannot run a comb through it easily.

If如果 hair or fur頭髮或毛 is matted打結糾結, it is stuck together in thick clumps黏成一團團厚厚的, like a rough mat on the floor就像地板上一塊粗糙的墊子. You你 cannot沒辦法 run a comb through it easily輕鬆把梳子梳過去.

You see it on a dog that has not been brushed, on a child after the sea, on wool that has felted. It is almost always about hair, fur, or fibres.

You你會 on a dog that has not been brushed在沒梳過毛的狗身上, on a child after the sea去過海邊之後的小孩身上, on wool that has felted已經氈化的羊毛上 see it看到這個樣子. It它幾乎 is almost always about hair, fur, or fibres都是在講頭髮、毛，或纖維.

Grass can be matted after rain; leaves can lie in a matted layer. The picture is the same: many thin things pressed and twisted into one mass.

Grass草 can be matted after rain在雨後也可能糾結成一片; leaves落葉 can lie in a matted layer也可能疊成糾結的一層. The picture畫面 is the same都一樣: many thin things很多細細的東西 pressed and twisted into one mass被壓、被扭在一起，變成一整團.

A quieter second use: a matted photograph is one set in a cardboard border (a mat) before it goes in a frame. That is a different picture from tangled hair, but the same spelling.

A quieter second use還有一個比較少見的第二種用法: a matted photograph一張「matted」的照片 is one set先被裝 in a cardboard border在一個紙板邊框裡（a mat叫做 mat） before it goes in a frame再放進相框. That這 is a different picture from tangled hair是跟糾結的頭髮不同的畫面, but the same spelling但拼法一樣.

Do not mix any of this with matte (often one t in American spelling, or matte as in paint). Matte paint is not shiny. Matted hair is tangled. They sound almost the same.

Do not mix any of this不要把這個字 with matte跟 matte 搞混 (often one t in American spelling美式拼法常常只有一個t, or matte as in paint或是指油漆的「消光」). Matte paintmatte 的油漆 is not shiny不會發亮. Matted hairmatted 的頭髮 is tangled是打結糾結的. They這兩個字 sound almost the same聽起來幾乎一樣.