material
英 [m?'t??r??l]
美[m?'t?r??l]
- adj. 重要的；物質(zhì)的，實(shí)質(zhì)性的；肉體的
- n. 材料，原料；物資；布料
英英釋意
- 1. the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object;
- "coal is a hard black material"
- "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread"
- 2. information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form;
- "the archives provided rich material for a definitive biography"
- 3. things needed for doing or making something;
- "writing materials"
- "useful teaching materials"
- 4. artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers;
- "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitraqnsparent"
- "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"
- "she measured off enough material for a dress"
- 5. a person judged suitable for admission or employment;
- "he was university material"
- "she was vice-presidential material"
