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Picture one person handing a small packet of meaning to another across a gap they cannot cross in person: a note left on the table, a voice on the phone, a text on the screen. A 'message' is that packaged piece of meaning, sent from one mind so it can arrive in another — later, elsewhere, through some carrier.

可以想成：兩個人中間隔著一段沒辦法當面跨過的距離，一方把一小包「意思」交給另一方——桌上留的字條、電話裡的聲音、螢幕…更多收起可以想成：兩個人中間隔著一段沒辦法當面跨過的距離，一方把一小包「意思」交給另一方——桌上留的字條、電話裡的聲音、螢幕上跳出的文字。message 就是這包裝好、能從一個腦袋送到另一個腦袋的意思，透過某個載體，在之後或別處抵達。

原始詞典資料8 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

messagenoun/ˈmɛs.ɪdʒ/

  • 1

    A communication, or what is communicated; any concept or information conveyed.

    • We've just received an urgent message from the President.
    • He received a message telling him to update his laptop.
  • 2

    An errand.

    • I had been on a message for my father, and was walking home along the road, when I saw a tall, fine lassie coming over the bogland on the right hand side of the road.
  • 3

    An errand to a shop, a shopping expedition; an item of shopping; (in plural) groceries.

    • On week days he did messages between the house in Carysfort Avenue and those shops in the main street of the town with which the family dealt.
    • Hurry up, man. Look other people in the shop who want message.
  • 4

    An underlying theme or conclusion to be drawn from something.

    • The main message of the novel is that time heals all wounds.
    • But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.

messageverb/ˈmɛs.ɪdʒ/

  • 1

    To send a message to; to transmit a message to, e.g. as text via a cell phone.

    • Just message me for directions.
    • I messaged her about the concert.
  • 2

    To send (something) as a message; usually refers to electronic messaging.

    • She messaged me the information yesterday.
    • Please message the final report by fax.
  • 3

    To send a message or messages; to be capable of sending messages.

    • We've implemented a new messaging service.
    • The runaway computer program was messaging non-stop.
  • 4

    obsoleteTo bear as a message.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。