message
/ˈmesɪdʒ/noun
1
- a verbal, written, or recorded communication sent to or left for a recipient who cannot be contacted directly口信; 消息, 信息：
if I'm not there leave a message on the answerphone.
假如我不在, 用录音电话留个信息。
1.1
- （亦作mail message）an item of electronic mail电子邮件。
1.2
- an electronic communication generated automatically by a computer program and displayed on a VDU自动显示电子信息：
an error message.
错误信息。
1.3
- a significant point or central theme, especially one that has political, social, or moral importance教训; 寓意; 要旨：
a campaign to get the message about home security across.
传递家庭安全重要性的运动。
1.4
- a divinely inspired communication from a prophet or preacher（先知或传教士的）预言。
1.5
- US a television or radio advertisement〈美〉电视广告; 无线电广告。
2
- Scottish & Irish an errand〈苏格兰, 爱尔兰〉使命; 差使：
he would run those interminable messages after school to the pub or the bookie.
放学后, 他替酒馆或赛马经纪人跑那些没完没了的差使。
2.1
messages
things bought on an errand; shopping采购的物品。
短语
get the message
- informal infer an implication from a remark or action〈非正式〉理解（话或行动的）暗含之意。
send a message
- make a significant statement, either implicitly or by one's actions（含蓄或通过行动）表达重要意思：
the elections sent a message to political quarters that the party was riding a wave of popularity.
选举向政界人士传递了该党深受欢迎的信息。
词源
Middle English: from Old French, based on Latin missus, past participle of mittere 'send'.