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单词 bamboo
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Definition of bamboo in English:

bamboo

noun bamˈbuːbæmˈbu
mass noun
  • 1A giant woody grass which is grown chiefly in the tropics.

    竹,竹子

    Bambusa and other genera, family Gramineae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The more desirable garden bamboos are, naturally, those that grow slowly at the root and have rapid vertical growth.
    • The gardens which surround it include mature bamboos, tree ferns, Italian Cypresses and mature Agaves.
    • The mild Puget Sound climate provides a perfect environment for the maples, bamboos, azaleas, broad-leafed evergreens, and conifers that are the backbone of Japanese garden design.
    • These included a number of exotic plants - rhododendrons, bamboos, and tree ferns being particularly well represented.
    • His slides showed examples of phormium, umbellifors, ferns and grasses, such as yuccas, angelica, tree ferns, bamboos and pampas grass.
    • Most bamboos fall between the two physiological states of constant flowering and constant sterility.
    • The undulating streams, swaying bamboos, sylvan surroundings and trekking tracts make Ganeshgudi and Dandeli unique holiday destinations.
    • Some bamboos will grow well in Wales as they are frost-hardy and evergreen.
    • The towering banana trees, giant bamboos and coconut palms were surrounded by endless varieties of smaller plants and flowers.
    • Upon reaching the unimaginably elegant and tranquil village, our visual senses were overwhelmed by verdant and lush hills, slender young bamboos, stout-aged pines, and two joyous streams.
    • Several noninvasive, clumping bamboos do well.
    • All are supplied from his exotic collection of hundreds of different bamboos plus palms, tree ferns, grasses, unusual evergreens and rare conifers.
    • The turquoise blue Martha Brae river ran in a big curve through the estate, overhung with giant bamboos and full of crayfish.
    • But I am going to shave and trim my goatee which seems to be growing at the happy rate of bamboos.
    • Grasses, sedges and bamboos are grown mostly for their foliage and anything that enhances that effect is worth having.
    • Rain drove us indoors to the warmth of a huge German wood-burning stove in a room with floor to ceiling windows, overlooking a large cobbled atrium with grasses and bamboos in containers.
    • There are numerous true bamboos, running and clumping types, that can be grown in the garden or in large containers.
    • Grasses and bamboos, on the other hand, hate disturbance at this time of year, preferring to be worked on in the spring or early summer.
    • At the technical level, the bamboos were engraved by either a scorch-marking process or with sharp quartz flints, pieces of shell or other similar instruments.
    • I have seen giant bamboos growing; the effect is a bit like a free range, organic church organ.
    1. 1.1 The hollow jointed stem of the bamboo plant, used as a cane or to make furniture and implements.
      (制手杖或家具、器具用的)竹竿;竹筒
      a section of bamboo about four feet long
      as modifier a bamboo bench
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The neighboring village of Bona is also known as a major producer of bamboo furniture and basketry.
      • This reminds me of when my Dad used to make kites for me out of bamboo canes and brown paper.
      • As the masks are made of bamboo and cane, it is very light and easy to don.
      • For, artisans from the northeast are here with their bamboo and cane works.
      • I always use a few bamboo canes to mark the planting position so I don't damage the shallow - planted bulbs.
      • State bamboo and cane products received the first orders from China and Turkey.
      • Shadow puppets are manipulated with bamboo sticks attached to the lower part of leather puppets.
      • They have no money and spend every day carrying rice up the mountain on bamboo sticks.
      • First they cut a little well into bark and fill it with water carried in hollow bamboo.
      • The arrival of synthetic products may have pushed bamboo and cane out of the front rows in the market.
      • We also organise festivals to popularise bamboo furniture and local art forms.
      • The thatched roofs are made out of palm fronds, and the walls out of bamboo or cane.
      • Sometimes, the placing and spacing requires a bit of thought, so I poke in small bamboo canes where I want plants to go.
      • For those who had seen only bamboo furniture on the roadsides, it was different.
      • The strong smoky flavour comes from laying the tea leaves on bamboo trays above burning pinewood.
      • They fed me on boiled pumpkin, wild rice, little mud fish and river prawns cooked in hollow bamboo tubes.
      • Jute bags look stylish enough, when used as carry bags fitted with bamboo or cane handles.
      • I stand over another well, another deep hole, but this one has long bamboo poles and timber flung in.
      • With no windows the interior is illuminated only by the thin needles of light entering between the bamboo canes.
      • The craftsmen process the bamboo by cleansing and soaking the bamboo stems in water for a couple of days.

Origin

Late 16th century: from Dutch bamboes, based on Malay mambu.

Rhymes

accrue, adieu, ado, anew, Anjou, aperçu, askew, ballyhoo, bedew, bestrew, billet-doux, blew, blue, boo, boohoo, brew, buckaroo, canoe, chew, clew, clou, clue, cock-a-doodle-doo, cockatoo, construe, coo, Corfu, coup, crew, Crewe, cru, cue, déjà vu, derring-do, dew, didgeridoo, do, drew, due, endue, ensue, eschew, feu, few, flew, flu, flue, foreknew, glue, gnu, goo, grew, halloo, hereto, hew, Hindu, hitherto, how-do-you-do, hue, Hugh, hullabaloo, imbrue, imbue, jackaroo, Jew, kangaroo, Karroo, Kathmandu, kazoo, Kiangsu, knew, Kru, K2, kung fu, Lahu, Lanzhou, Lao-tzu, lasso, lieu, loo, Lou, Manchu, mangetout, mew, misconstrue, miscue, moo, moue, mu, nardoo, new, non-U, nu, ooh, outdo, outflew, outgrew, peekaboo, Peru, pew, plew, Poitou, pooh, pooh-pooh, potoroo, pursue, queue, revue, roo, roux, rue, Selous, set-to, shampoo, shih-tzu, shoe, shoo, shrew, Sioux, skean dhu, skew, skidoo, slew, smew, snafu, sou, spew, sprue, stew, strew, subdue, sue, switcheroo, taboo, tattoo, thereto, thew, threw, thro, through, thru, tickety-boo, Timbuktu, tiramisu, to, to-do, too, toodle-oo, true, true-blue, tu-whit tu-whoo, two, vendue, view, vindaloo, virtu, wahoo, wallaroo, Waterloo, well-to-do, whereto, whew, who, withdrew, woo, Wu, yew, you, zoo

Definition of bamboo in US English:

bamboo

nounbamˈbo͞obæmˈbu
  • 1A giant woody grass that grows chiefly in the tropics, where it is widely cultivated.

    竹,竹子

    Bambusa and other genera, family Gramineae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • His slides showed examples of phormium, umbellifors, ferns and grasses, such as yuccas, angelica, tree ferns, bamboos and pampas grass.
    • The turquoise blue Martha Brae river ran in a big curve through the estate, overhung with giant bamboos and full of crayfish.
    • Upon reaching the unimaginably elegant and tranquil village, our visual senses were overwhelmed by verdant and lush hills, slender young bamboos, stout-aged pines, and two joyous streams.
    • The undulating streams, swaying bamboos, sylvan surroundings and trekking tracts make Ganeshgudi and Dandeli unique holiday destinations.
    • The gardens which surround it include mature bamboos, tree ferns, Italian Cypresses and mature Agaves.
    • Some bamboos will grow well in Wales as they are frost-hardy and evergreen.
    • The mild Puget Sound climate provides a perfect environment for the maples, bamboos, azaleas, broad-leafed evergreens, and conifers that are the backbone of Japanese garden design.
    • Several noninvasive, clumping bamboos do well.
    • Rain drove us indoors to the warmth of a huge German wood-burning stove in a room with floor to ceiling windows, overlooking a large cobbled atrium with grasses and bamboos in containers.
    • All are supplied from his exotic collection of hundreds of different bamboos plus palms, tree ferns, grasses, unusual evergreens and rare conifers.
    • The towering banana trees, giant bamboos and coconut palms were surrounded by endless varieties of smaller plants and flowers.
    • Grasses, sedges and bamboos are grown mostly for their foliage and anything that enhances that effect is worth having.
    • There are numerous true bamboos, running and clumping types, that can be grown in the garden or in large containers.
    • Grasses and bamboos, on the other hand, hate disturbance at this time of year, preferring to be worked on in the spring or early summer.
    • At the technical level, the bamboos were engraved by either a scorch-marking process or with sharp quartz flints, pieces of shell or other similar instruments.
    • These included a number of exotic plants - rhododendrons, bamboos, and tree ferns being particularly well represented.
    • Most bamboos fall between the two physiological states of constant flowering and constant sterility.
    • But I am going to shave and trim my goatee which seems to be growing at the happy rate of bamboos.
    • The more desirable garden bamboos are, naturally, those that grow slowly at the root and have rapid vertical growth.
    • I have seen giant bamboos growing; the effect is a bit like a free range, organic church organ.
    1. 1.1 The hollow jointed stem of the bamboo plant, used as a cane or to make furniture and implements.
      (制手杖或家具、器具用的)竹竿;竹筒
      as modifier a bamboo serving tray
      Example sentencesExamples
      • For those who had seen only bamboo furniture on the roadsides, it was different.
      • As the masks are made of bamboo and cane, it is very light and easy to don.
      • Sometimes, the placing and spacing requires a bit of thought, so I poke in small bamboo canes where I want plants to go.
      • With no windows the interior is illuminated only by the thin needles of light entering between the bamboo canes.
      • For, artisans from the northeast are here with their bamboo and cane works.
      • I stand over another well, another deep hole, but this one has long bamboo poles and timber flung in.
      • State bamboo and cane products received the first orders from China and Turkey.
      • This reminds me of when my Dad used to make kites for me out of bamboo canes and brown paper.
      • Shadow puppets are manipulated with bamboo sticks attached to the lower part of leather puppets.
      • They have no money and spend every day carrying rice up the mountain on bamboo sticks.
      • The neighboring village of Bona is also known as a major producer of bamboo furniture and basketry.
      • The craftsmen process the bamboo by cleansing and soaking the bamboo stems in water for a couple of days.
      • Jute bags look stylish enough, when used as carry bags fitted with bamboo or cane handles.
      • They fed me on boiled pumpkin, wild rice, little mud fish and river prawns cooked in hollow bamboo tubes.
      • The arrival of synthetic products may have pushed bamboo and cane out of the front rows in the market.
      • The strong smoky flavour comes from laying the tea leaves on bamboo trays above burning pinewood.
      • We also organise festivals to popularise bamboo furniture and local art forms.
      • The thatched roofs are made out of palm fronds, and the walls out of bamboo or cane.
      • I always use a few bamboo canes to mark the planting position so I don't damage the shallow - planted bulbs.
      • First they cut a little well into bark and fill it with water carried in hollow bamboo.

Origin

Late 16th century: from Dutch bamboes, based on Malay mambu.

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