material
- IPA[məˈtirēəl]
美式
- the matter from which a thing is or can be made；things needed for an activity
- denoting or consisting of physical objects rather than the mind or spirit；concerned with physical needs or desires
noun: material, plural noun: materials
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. the matter from which a thing is or can be made goats can eat more or less any plant material highly flammable materials 同義詞
- ▪ things needed for an activity cleaning materials 同義詞
- ▪ a person of a specified quality or suitability he's not really Olympic material 同義詞
- 2. facts, information, or ideas for use in creating a book or other work there is much good material here for priests to use in sermons 同義詞
- ▪ items, especially songs or jokes, comprising a performer's act a band playing original material
- 3. cloth or fabric a piece of dark material dress materials 同義詞
形容詞
- 1. denoting or consisting of physical objects rather than the mind or spirit the material world moral and material support 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ concerned with physical needs or desires material living standards have risen 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ concerned with the matter of reasoning, not its form political conflict lacks mathematical or material certitude
- 2. important; essential; relevant the insects did not do any material damage to the crop 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ (of evidence or a fact) significant, influential, or relevant, especially to the extent of determining a cause or affecting a judgment information that could be material to a murder inquiry 同義詞 反義詞
