记忆方法
连起来：真实的物质、东西=原材料=原料。
双解例句
小知识
Material is cloth from which clothes, curtains, or similar items can be created. If you sew your own bathing suit, it's important to make sure the material you use doesn't turn transparent when it gets wet.
The noun material can also refer to the items or substances used to create something. If you want to build a swing set, you'll need to buy materials like treated lumber, bolts, and screws. You can also use the adjective material to describe something that is worldly rather than spiritual. If you join that religious order, you are supposed to give up your material goods — even your convertible.
实用短语
常用短语
单词用法
teaching material 教学内容；教学资料
new material 新材料
building material 建筑材料
material：通常指组成客观存在物的部分或其原料。
matter：通常指构成实物的物质，与精神相对立。在科学上，指占有空间，并能以某种方式被感官觉察的一切东西。
substance：多指某一种形式的物质，既可指元素也可指化合物。
stuff：多用于日常生活中，非正式用词。常指构成整体的所有部分、物体或项目。有时指劣等材料，含轻蔑意味。
同义词辨析
同义词
cloth / demonstrative / provision / fleshly / alive / subjective / textile / significant / scientific / physical
同根词
词根：material
adv.materially实质地；物质上；极大地
n.materialism唯物主义；唯物论；物质主义
materiality物质性，重要性；物质
materialist唯物主义者；实利主义者
materiel（法）物资；军备
materialization物质化；实体化；具体化
vi.materialize实现，成形；突然出现
materialise突然出现（等于materialize）
vt.materialize使具体化，使有形；使突然出现；使重物质而轻精神
materialise物质化（等于materialize）