material

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /məˈtɪə.ɹi.əl/    美 /məˈtɪə.ɹi.əl/|/məˈtɪɹ.i.əl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A basic matter (as metal, wood, plastic, fiber, etc.) from which the whole or the greater part of something physical (as a machine, tool, building, fabric, etc.) is made. countable,uncountable
    — Asphalt, composed of oil and sand, is a widely used material for roads.
  2. A person, or people collectively, who are qualified or suited for a certain position or activity. collective,countable,sometimes,uncountable
    — boy/girlfriend material
  3. Apparatus for doing or making something. countable,plural,uncountable,usually
    — Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet.
  4. Something (as data, observations, perceptions or ideas) that may be incorporated, elaborated or otherwise reworked into a finished form or new form, or may serve as the basis for arriving at interpretations, judgments or conclusions. countable,uncountable
    — teaching materials
  5. Fabric, which can be made into a garments, curtains, etc; especially, woven fabric (cloth). countable,uncountable
    — a piece of material
  6. The elements, constituents or substance of which something physical or non-physical composed of or can be made of. countable,uncountable
    — The solid materials of the mixture will settle to the bottom of the container.
  7. An element of a design language associated with a certain style of rendering on the display. countable,uncountable
  8. All of a player's pieces and pawns on the chessboard, excluding the king. countable,uncountable
  9. The ingredients for making whisky punch. Ireland,archaic,countable,uncountable
  10. The materiel of an army. countable,rare,uncountable
  11. Things that are material. countable,obsolete,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To form from matter; to materialize. obsolete,transitive
    — I believe that the whole frame of a beast doth perish, and is left in the same state after death as before it was materialled unto life.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of, relating to, or consisting of matter, especially physical.
    — This compound has a number of interesting material properties.
  2. Of, relating to, or affecting physical well-being; corporeal; bodily.
    — material needs
  3. Of or relating to the matter of reasoning, as distinguished from the form of it, especially empirical.
    — material cause
  4. Having real importance or great consequences; significant; substantial. especially
    — found a material difference between two things
  5. Relating to or concerned with what is purely physical rather than intellectual or spiritual, especially excessively so; materialistic.
    — the material world
  6. Full of substance or otherwise meaning. obsolete
  7. In an important degree. obsolete

词形变化

more material comparative most material superlative materials plural materials present,singular,third-person materialing US,participle,present materialling UK,participle,present materialed US,participle,past materialed US,past materialled UK,participle,past materialled UK,past

词汇关系

近义词
material
下位词
adobe brick cement chemical substance clay composite concrete fabric glass metal mortar paper plastic stone wood
衍生词
active material antimaterial archaeomaterial archeomaterial astromaterial bill of material bimaterial biomaterial bomb material building material child sexual abuse material collateral material composite material cryptomaterial ecomaterial genetic material genuine issue of material fact geomaterial hazardous material hazmat Kelvin-Voigt material material action material conditional material culture material fact material handling material heresy material implication materialisation materialise materialism materialist materialization materialize material logic materially materialness material noun material science materials science material support material witness metamaterial micromaterial multimaterial nanomaterial non-material nonmaterial positive material identification postmaterial postmaterialism postmaterialist raw material reading material shawl material sociomaterial source material strategic material supermaterial time and material tissue equivalent material trimaterial Voigt material
相关词
matter materiel substantial for material's use as an adjective

词源

词源 1
From Middle English material, from Late Latin māteriālis, from Latin māteria (“wood, material, substance”), from māter (“mother”). Displaced native Middle English andweorc, andwork (“material, matter”) (from Old English andweorc (“matter, substance, material”)). Doublet of materiel.
词源 2
From Middle English material, from Late Latin māteriālis, from Latin māteria (“wood, material, substance”), from māter (“mother”). Displaced native Middle English andweorc, andwork (“material, matter”) (from Old English andweorc (“matter, substance, material”)). Doublet of materiel.
词源 3
From Middle English material, from Late Latin māteriālis, from Latin māteria (“wood, material, substance”), from māter (“mother”). Displaced native Middle English andweorc, andwork (“material, matter”) (from Old English andweorc (“matter, substance, material”)). Doublet of materiel.
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