bamboo

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n. 竹子 [医] 竹类

发音

US /bæmˈbu/

词形变化

bambooes bamboos 复数 bamboos bambooed bambooing bamboos 三单 bambooing 现在分词 bambooed 过去式 bambooed 过去分词

别名

bambou bambu

教材释义与例句

名词

竹，竹子

a tall tropical plant with hollow stems that is used for making furniture

动词

为…装上篾条

形容词

竹制的；土著居民的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of the fast-growing grasses of the Bambusoideae subfamily, characterised by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem.

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    Wood of the bamboo plant as a material for building, furniture, etc.

    竹子

    竹材

    竹

    竹仔

    不可数 可数
  3. 3.

    A stick, rod, pole, or cane of bamboo, especially one used as a vessel for liquids, or as a tool for corporal punishment.

    可数 不可数
  4. 4.

    A didgeridoo.

    可数 俚语 不可数
  5. 5.

    A member of the British military or British East India Company who spent so much time in Indonesia, India, or Malaysia that they never went back home.

    可数 俚语 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To flog with a bamboo cane.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To paint (furniture, etc.) to give it the appearance of bamboo.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To penetrate sexually.

    印度 俚语
adj.
  1. 1.

    Made of the wood of the bamboo.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

wood

下位词 5

black bamboo common bamboo giant cane madake switch cane

相关短语

bamboo antshrike bamboo partridge bamboo shoot n. 竹笋 bamboo shoots 竹笋 bamboo wife bamboo wives Bamboo Curtain 竹幕 bamboo curtain n. 竹幕（西方资产阶级舆论界过去对我国的诬蔑性用语）; 笭 bamboo ceiling bamboo hair bamboo rat 竹鼠 bamboo rats bamboo torture bamboo antshrikes bamboo ceilings

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Dravidian *wē Proto-Dravidian *mpu Proto-Dravidian *wēmpu Tamil வேம்பு (vēmpu)bor. ▲ Proto-Dravidian *wēmpu Kannada ಬಂಬು (bambu)bor. Malay bambubor. Portuguese bambubor. Dutch bamboebor. English bamboo Borrowed from Dutch bamboe, from Portuguese bambu, from Malay bambu, from Kannada ಬಂಬು (bambu), variant form of ಬೇವು (bēvu). Cognate with Malayalam വേപ്പ് (vēppŭ), Telugu వేప (vēpa), from Proto-Dravidian *wēmpu (“neem”).

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