Word · Frequency #12165
bamboos
竹子
bamboos is the plural of bamboo.
The fast-growing tropical grass with woody, hollow stems, or the plant itself.
- 1.
Any of the fast-growing grasses of the Bambusoideae subfamily, characterized by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem.
竹；禾本科竹亚科快速生长的草本植物,茎木质、中空、圆直且有节。
- 2.
the hard woody stems of bamboo plants; used in construction and crafts and fishing poles
竹子的坚硬木质茎；用于建筑、工艺和钓鱼竿
- 3.
Wood of the bamboo plant as a material for building, furniture, etc.
竹材；用作建筑、家具等的竹子木材。
- 4.
woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes used for construction and furniture
具有中空木质茎的热带草本植物；成熟的竹竿用于建筑和家具
- 5.
A stick, rod, pole, or cane of bamboo, especially one used as a vessel for liquids, or as a tool for corporal punishment.
竹竿,竹杆,竹棍,尤其用于盛液体或体罚的工具
竹材；竹料；竹竿；竹棍；竹；禾本科竹亚科快速生长的草本植物,茎木质、中空、圆直且有节。；竹子的坚硬木质茎；用于建筑、工艺和钓鱼竿；竹材；用作建筑、家具等的竹子木材。
In use
The panda's diet consists almost entirely of bamboo.
They built a fence using thick bamboo poles.
She bought a set of bamboo kitchen utensils.
be made of bamboo
bamboo作材料时不可数。
The furniture is made of bamboo.
这件家具是竹子做的。
bamboo + noun
bamboo作定语修饰名词，表示竹制的或竹子的。
We walked through a bamboo forest.
我们穿过一片竹林。
bamboo grows/lives
表示植物特性时用单数。
Bamboo grows very quickly.
竹子长得很快。
Connections
Collocations
- bamboo shoot
- 竹笋
- The panda was eating fresh bamboo shoots.熊猫正在吃新鲜的竹笋。
- bamboo forest
- 竹林
- We walked through a dense bamboo forest.我们穿过一片茂密的竹林。
- bamboo pole
- 竹竿
- He used a long bamboo pole to pick the mangoes.他用一根长竹竿摘芒果。
- bamboo furniture
- 竹制家具
- This shop sells bamboo furniture and woven baskets.这家商店出售竹制家具和编织篮。
- bamboo scaffolding
- 竹脚手架
- Builders in Hong Kong still use bamboo scaffolding on skyscrapers.香港的建筑工人仍然在摩天大楼上使用竹脚手架。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记住“bamboo”像“搬木”，竹子可以用来搬运木头。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：construction、crafts、fishing “bamboo”通常用于描述建筑、手工艺和钓鱼中的竹子材料。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words like 'kangaroo', 'taboo', and 'guru' share a similar ending sound with 'bamboo', but be aware that their initial sounds differ.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.