bamboo

• n. 竹，竹子
• vt. 為…裝上篾條
• adj. 竹製的；土著居民的

詞源不詳。

bamboo

bamboo: [16] Bamboo appears to come from a Malay word mambu. This was brought back to Europe by the Portuguese explorers, and enjoyed a brief currency in English from the 17th to the 18th century. However, for reasons no one can explain, the initial m of this word became changed to b, and it acquired an s at the end, producing a form found in Latin texts of the time as bambusa. This appears to have passed into English via Dutch bamboes, so the earliest English version of the word was bambos. As so often happens in such cases, the final s was misinterpreted as a plural ending, so it dropped off to give the new ‘singular’ bamboo.

bamboo (n.)

1590s, from Dutch bamboe, from Portuguese bambu, earlier mambu (16c.), probably from Malay samambu, though some suspect this is itself an imported word.

1. It is well known that bamboo shoots are a panda's staple diet.

竹筍是熊貓的主要食物，這是人所共知的。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Sadly, bamboo plants die after flowering.

可惜的是，竹子開花後便會枯死。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The panda's natural habitat is the bamboo forest.

大熊貓的天然棲息地是竹林。

來自《權威詞典》

4. The bamboo whipped back and hit me in the face.

那竹子突然彈回打在我的臉上.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. Each bamboo house was surrounded by a thriving orchard.

每座竹樓周圍都是茂密的果園.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》