Material

(noun.) things needed for doing or making something; 'writing materials'; 'useful teaching materials'.

(noun.) information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form; 'the archives provided rich material for a definitive biography'.

(noun.) a person judged suitable for admission or employment; 'he was university material'; 'she was vice-presidential material'.

(noun.) the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; 'coal is a hard black material'; 'wheat is the stuff they use to make bread'.

(adj.) derived from or composed of matter; 'the material universe' .

(adj.) directly relevant to a matter especially a law case; 'his support made a material difference'; 'evidence material to the issue at hand'; 'facts likely to influence the judgment are called material facts'; 'a material witness' .

(adj.) concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being; 'material needs'; 'the moral and material welfare of all good citizens'- T.Roosevelt .

(adj.) concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests; 'material possessions'; 'material wealth'; 'material comforts' .

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• But in the better grades of material the printing is well done, and the color designs are fairly fast, and a little care in the laundry suffices to eliminate any danger of fading. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Numerous attempts were consequently made to obtain a more sensitive material. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Watt and his contemporaries regarded heat as a material substance called Phlogiston. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• In a narrative not intended to be strictly technical, it would probably tire the reader to follow this material in detail through the numerous steps attending the magnetic separation. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• It is rich in biographical material. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Only by starting with crude material and subjecting it to purposeful handling will he gain the intelligence embodied in finished material. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Kitty, to her very material advantage, spent the chief of her time with her two elder sisters. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• To this plunger is attached a weighted case filled with one or many tons of metal or other coarse material. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The floor was of another material, very hard, and worn by much use to the smoothness of glass. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• That bridge, though of different material, was in its principle of construction similar to the iron tubular bridges at Conway and at the Menai Straits. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• It meant the apprehension of material which should ballast and check the exercise of reasoning. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• He abandoned the resin as a sensitive material, and went back to the salts of silver. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Much of this early Turkish material still awaits examination. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• When it arrives at the lower end, the material has been burned, and the clinker drops out into a receiving chamber below. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• This is done by attaching to the service pipe tanks filled with filtering material, through which the water flows before reaching the boiler. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• In connection with the adoption of this lubricating system there occurred another instance of his knowledge of materials and intuitive insight into the nature of things. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• This statement needs to be rendered more specific by connecting it with the materials of school instruction, the studies which make up the curriculum. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• And this is what you call guarding one's materials, he said. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• The acid used to liberate the chlorine from the bleaching powder, and the chlorine also, rot materials with which they remain in contact for any length of time. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Besides air this process required as raw materials limestone and coke. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The skins of the larger animals were the original materials of clothing. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Bring writing materials when you come next to my cell, and within a few hours we shall see you garbed in a style befitting your birth and carriage. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• The operation is novel, not the materials out of which it is constructed. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Besides different forms and sizes he tried various materials of construction, and ultimately various means of propulsion. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• He was also rapidly getting out the materials and constructing the boats for a third bridge. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• But I was determined not to seem at a loss for occupation or amusement: I had brought my drawing materials with me, and they served me for both. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• It treats of cohesion and resistance to fracture (strength of materials), and uniform, accelerated, and projectile motion (dynamics). 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• In a tool-shed at the bottom of the garden, lay the relics of building-materials, left by masons lately employed to repair a part of the premises. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• I rose, and set her drawing materials in order, and placed them near her again. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Pots are used containing the materials to be melted and not heated in the presence of the burning fuel, but by the heated gases in separate compartments. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.

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