a.

1. 物质的，有形的
   A warm house and good food are material comforts.

   温暖的家和佳肴都是物质享受。

2. 肉体的，身体上的
3. 【律】重要的[（+to）]，决定判决的，关键的
   A material witness failed to appear in court.

   一名重要的证人没有出庭。

n.

1. 材料，原料[C][U]
   Wood and stone are the only raw materials on the island.

   木材和石头是这个岛上仅有的原材料。

2. 织物，料子[C][U]
3. 素材；资料[U][（+for）]
4. 工具，用具[P]
   Your writing materials are in the top drawer of your desk.

   你的书写文具在你书桌的最上面的抽屉里。

n.

1. the matter from which a thing is or can be made.
   ▸items needed for an activity.
   ▸a person of a specified quality or suitability:

   he's not really Olympic material.
2. information or ideas for use in creating a book, performance, or other work.
3. cloth or fabric.

adj.

1. denoting or consisting of physical objects rather than the mind or spirit:
   the material world.
   ▸concerned with the matter of reasoning, not its form.
2. significant; important:
   the insects did not do any material damage.
   ▸ (often material to) relevant:

   information that could be material to a murder inquiry.