[cái liào]
[名]
(原料) material
									
										building material
										建筑材料
									
									
									
										raw material
										原材料
									
									
									
										cheap materials
										廉价材料
									
									
									
										fire-resisting material
										防火材料
									
									
									
										Rubber is an elastic material.
										橡胶是一种弹性材料。
									
									(资料) data; material
									
										reference material
										参考材料
									
									
									
										archival material
										档案材料
									
									
									
										firsthand information
										第一手材料
									
									
									
										data; findings
										调查材料
									
									
									
										gather material; collect data
										搜集材料
									
									
									
										material for study
										学习材料
									
									
									
										written material
										书面材料
									
									
									
										He is now collecting material for a biography of Tao Yuanming.
										他正在为写陶渊明传记搜集材料。
									
									(适于做某种事的人才) makings; stuff
									
										He is not the stuff teachers are made of.; He does not have the makings of a teacher.
										他不是做教师的材料。