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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

bamboo [bæm'buː]
  1. 1. noun [u] (plant) 竹子
  2. 2. noun (material) 竹

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

bamboo [bæmˈbuː]
  1. 1. noun [Botany] 竹(Bambusoidea亚科);竹子
  2. 2. n.[c] 竹,竹竿,竹的枝干
    Bamboo flooring is made from quick growing bamboo stalks.
    地板使用快速生长的竹茎制成的。
  3. 3. n.[c/u] [Botany] 竹,竹子
    Some bamboo species will flower once every seven years.
    有些竹子品种每七年开一次花。

Collins English-English Dictionary

bamboo [bæm'buː]
  1. 1. n any tall treelike tropical or semitropical fast-growing grass of the genus Bambusa, having hollow woody-walled stems with ringed joints and edible young shoots (bamboo shoots)
  2. 2. n the stem of any of these plants, used for building, poles, and furniture
  3. 3. n any of various bamboo-like grasses of the genera Arundinaria, Phyllostachys or Dendrocalamus
  4. 4. n [modifier] made of bamboo
    a bamboo fence
  5. 5. n [Etymology] C16: probably from Malay bambu

Examples

a bamboo shelter to keep the rain off
挡雨的竹棚
You can use bamboo to panel ceilings.
你可以用竹子来嵌屋顶。
Some bamboo species will flower once every seven years.
有些竹子品种每七年开一次花。
竹制品
articles made of bamboo; bamboo articles
竹林
bamboo forest; groves of bamboo
大熊猫不吃枯竹,所以你必须喂它新鲜的竹子。
Pandas do not eat withered bamboo, so you must feed them with fresh bamboo leaves.

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