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- a person who carries a message or is employed to carry messages信使; 报信者; 信差; 通信员。
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- Biochemistry a substance that conveys information or a stimulus within the body【生化】（体内传递信息和刺激的）信使。
with obj. and adverbial of direction
- chiefly US send (a document or package) by messenger〈主美〉（用信使）送（文件, 包裹）：
could you have it messengered over to me?
请您派人给我送过来, 好吗？
短语
shoot （或kill）the messenger
- treat the bearer of bad news as if they were to blame for it.将怨气发在报坏消息者身上。
词源
Middle English: from Old Northern French messanger, variant of Old French messager, from Latin missus （see MESSAGE）.