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单词 material
释义
material
noun
uk
/məˈtɪə.ri.əl/us
/məˈtɪr.i.əl/

materialnoun(PHYSICAL SUBSTANCE)

B2[C]
aphysicalsubstancethat things can be made from:
材料，原料
buildingmaterials, such asstone建筑材料，如石头
Crudeoilis used as theraw(=basic)material for makingplastics.原油被用作制造塑料的原料。
More examples
  • Themeteoritescontainedonlyinorganicmaterial.
  • Clay is a veryplasticmaterial.
  • Uranium is aradioactivematerial.
  • Theregularincorporationoforganicmaterial intogardensoilimprovesitsqualityenormously.
  • Prices ofgoodsaregovernedby thecostof therawmaterials, as well as by thecostofproductionanddistribution.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Physics: the state of matter
  • absorbency
  • absorption
  • acidic
  • allotropic
  • compressible
  • concentration
  • e-liquid
  • fluid
  • impermeable
  • metallic
  • permeable
  • pressurized
  • runny
  • rusty
  • slurry
  • sulphurous
  • superabsorbent
  • superwave
  • unabsorbent
  • unset
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materialnoun(INFORMATION)

B1[CorU]
informationused when writing something such as abook, orinformationproducedinvariousformstohelppeopleor toadvertiseproducts:
素材；资料
I'm in theprocessofcollectingmaterial for anarticlethat I'm writing.我正在为所写的一篇文章收集素材。
More examples
  • Thesedocumentscontainclassifiedmaterial.
  • Thelatestpromotionalmaterial is allpartof arecruitmentdrive.
  • Allouradvertisingmaterial isdesignedin-house.
  • I'velistedsomeusefulreadingmaterial on thehandout.
  • Hislatestbookis areworkingof material from hispreviousshortstories.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Information and messages
  • advertisement
  • aide-mémoire
  • ammunition
  • basics
  • fascia
  • info
  • infodemic
  • infodump
  • infographic
  • information
  • memorandum
  • poop
  • postscript
  • push notification
  • radiogram
  • readout
  • relabel
  • shingle
  • the bare bones
  • the real deal
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materialnoun(CLOTH)

B1[CorU]
cloththat can be used to make things such asclothes:
布，织物，料子
How much material will you need to make theskirt?做这条裙子你需要多少布料？
More examples
  • A lot ofsportswearis made of veryelasticmaterial.
  • Shedippedthe material into thedye.
  • It's adarkgreymaterial but it'sfleckedwithwhite.
  • We could use therestof the material to make up somecurtains.
  • I'mtryingtomatchup thiswallpaperwith somesuitablecurtainmaterial.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Textiles: general words
  • baize
  • Bargello
  • bias
  • brocade
  • cloth
  • cutpiece
  • denier
  • fibre
  • multifilament
  • nap
  • padding
  • pile
  • pill
  • reweave
  • suiting
  • swatch
  • textile
  • the weft
  • webbed
  • yarn
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materialnoun(EQUIPMENT)

materialsB1[plural]
equipmentthat you need for aparticularactivity:
用具，设备
"Do we need any writing materials?" "Only apenand apencil."“我们需要什么文具吗？”“只要一只钢笔和一只铅笔就行。”
teachingmaterials教具
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Things needed for a task
  • accoutrements
  • apparatus
  • armoury
  • could usesomethingidiom
  • equipment
  • gadgetry
  • gear
  • kit
  • matériel
  • necessaries
  • paraphernalia
  • stock-in-trade
  • tackle
  • thing
  • tool
  • use
material
adjective
uk
/məˈtɪə.ri.əl/us
/məˈtɪr.i.əl/

materialadjective(PHYSICAL)

relatingtophysicalobjectsormoneyratherthanemotionsor thespiritualworld:
物质的；实体的
the materialworld物质世界
Materialwealthneverinterestedher.物质财富从未引起过她的兴趣。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Physics: the state of matter
  • absorbency
  • absorption
  • acidic
  • allotropic
  • compressible
  • concentration
  • e-liquid
  • fluid
  • impermeable
  • metallic
  • permeable
  • pressurized
  • runny
  • rusty
  • slurry
  • sulphurous
  • superabsorbent
  • superwave
  • unabsorbent
  • unset
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materialadjective(IMPORTANT)

formal
importantor having animportanteffect:
重要的，重大的；实质性的
If you have anyinformationthat is materialtotheinvestigation, you shouldstateit now.如果你掌握了对这次调查很重要的什么线索，现在就应该说出来。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Very important or urgent
  • all-important
  • at all cost(s)idiom
  • be a matter of life and/or deathidiom
  • cardinal
  • chief
  • co-principal
  • life-and-death
  • life-changing
  • mainly
  • major league
  • make the world go around/roundidiom
  • meaningful
  • pressing
  • prized
  • prominent
  • radical
  • revalorization
  • revalorize
  • sacred
  • subtle
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(Definition ofmaterialfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

material| American Dictionary

material
noun
us
/məˈtɪr·i·əl/

materialnoun(PHYSICAL THING)

[C]
atypeofphysicalthing, such aswood,stone, orplastic, havingqualitiesthatallowit to be used to make other things:
a hard/softmaterial
Thesculpturewas made ofvariousmaterials,includingsteel,copperwire, andrubber.

materialnoun(CLOTH)

[C/U]
cloththat can be used to makeclothes,curtains, etc.:
[U]Whatkindof material are you going to use for thecurtains?

materialnoun(SUPPLIES)

[C/U]
equipmentorsuppliesneededfor aparticularactivity:
[Cusually pl]Themoneywill bespentoneducationalmaterials.

materialnoun(INFORMATION)

[C/U]
informationused when writing something such as abook, orinformationproducedtohelppeopleor toadvertiseproducts:
[U]He isworkingin thelibrarygatheringmaterial for thearticlehe is writing.
(Definition ofmaterialfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

material| Business English

material
noun
uk
/məˈtɪəriəl/us
[CorU]
aphysicalsubstancethat things can be made from:
Thecostoflabourand materialshasrisenup to 40% in ashortperiod.
building/construction materialsThebuildingsalso userecycledbuildingmaterials andconsumelesswater.
traditional/natural/recycled materialsThere isincreasingdemandforproductsmade fromrecycledmaterials.
hazardous/toxic/radioactivematerial
[Uorplural]
printeddocuments,books,computerprograms, etc. that giveinformation,especiallyonesintendedfor aparticularpurpose:
publicity/marketing/promotional materialAccording totheirpublicitymaterial, the newratesare thelowestin the UK.
teaching/training materialsThevideoand othertrainingmaterials werecreatedin-house.
printed/published materialSomepeopleprefertoreceiveinformationface-to-face,ratherthan throughpublishedmaterial.
[U]
informationused when writing something:
She gave me a lot ofusefulmaterial for mypresentation.
Thejournalisthad beencollectingmaterialfor anarticleon thePresident.

See also

bill of materials
collateral material
direct materials
raw material
material
adjective[before noun]
uk
/məˈtɪəriəl/us
relatingtophysicalobjectsormoney:
Increasedmaterialwealthisdeliveredby today'seconomicsystem.
Hecaresmore aboutjobsatisfactionthanmaterial things.
(Definition ofmaterialfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmaterial

material
They exercise political and military power over peripheries and enjoy a net surplus in the flow of materials or labor vital to core interests.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Local craftsmen still know the ritual, economic, political and environmental restrictions that were traditionally applied to certain of these valuable raw materials.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Managing and analyzing qualitative data : a description of tasks, techniques and materials.
From theCambridge English Corpus
However, this does not necessarily imply large-scale disturbance of cultural materials.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Second, did all of the materials that contained sak lu'um contain palygorskite?
From theCambridge English Corpus
More materials are finally added to table 1 making it more useful for people working with second-order nonlinear effects.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The materials presented here were collected using the methods of the ethnography of communication.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The following is necessarily a tentative interpretation of the materials.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Though the book does not address aesthetic issues directly, the materials certainly hold aesthetic implications.
From theCambridge English Corpus
They were never observed feeding on the host egg, on the leaf, or on other materials on the leaf.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The former is designed to be used with electronically presented materials while the latter with real objects.
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Their short-term retention of verbal materials seems to be comparable to that of average readers.
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The scarcity of materials on women living in frontier regions makes it harder to retrieve either personal or communal memories.
From theCambridge English Corpus
To examine if the nonnative speakers' results can be attributed to frequency and word-length differences in the materials, a reanalysis of the data was done.
From theCambridge English Corpus
After fire, the transects were remeasured to quantify residual plant materials that were not consumed.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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Collocationswithmaterial

material

These are words often used in combination withmaterial.

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access material
This would enable interested students toaccessmaterialmore easily without overwhelming the narrative.
From theCambridge English Corpus
additional material
In a few places the arguments would have been strengthened by use of additional material.
From theCambridge English Corpus
advanced material
The author has presented experimental results in some of the moreadvancedmaterialwhich is useful to understand practical performance and trade-offs of the various algorithms.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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