materialize

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear. British,English,Oxford,US,transitive
  2. To take physical form, to appear seemingly from nowhere. British,English,Oxford,US,intransitive
    — a spirit form, temporarily materialized, and undistinguishable from a human being in the flesh, has come forth in the light[…]
  3. To become real (of a plan, idea, etc.); to come to fruition. British,English,Oxford,US,intransitive
  4. To regard as matter; to consider or explain by the laws or principles which are appropriate to matter. British,English,Oxford,US,transitive
  5. To perform materialization; to save the results of a database query as a temporary table or materialized view. British,English,Oxford,US,transitive

词形变化

materializes present,singular,third-person materializing participle,present materialized participle,past materialized past materialise alternative

词源

Etymology tree
English material
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English materialize
From material + -ize.
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