English Dictionary

material

/məˈtɪɹi.əl/

noun

Matter which may be shaped or manipulated, particularly in making something. / Text written for a specific purpose. / A sample or specimens for study. / Cloth to be made into a garment. Fabric.

The artist used various materials to create the sculpture.

意味（1）

Matter which may be shaped or manipulated, particularly in making something.

Asphalt, composed of oil and sand, is a widely used material for roads.

意味（2）

Text written for a specific purpose.

We were a warm-up act at the time; we didn't have enough original material to headline.

意味（3）

A sample or specimens for study.

With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get[…]

意味（4）

Cloth to be made into a garment. Fabric.

You'll need about a yard of material to make this.

意味（5）

A person, or people collectively, who are qualified for a certain position or activity.

boy/girlfriend material

意味（6）

Related data of various kinds, especially if collected as the basis for a document or book.

Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. 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.

意味（7）

The substance that something is made or composed of.

As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels.

意味（8）

(chess) All of a player's pieces and pawns on the chessboard.