| 释义 | 
		1.  | 竹;竹子a tall tropical plant that is a member of the grass family and has hard hollow stems that are used for making furniture, poles, etc.  |  
  |  |   |  |   | bamboo shoots(= young bamboo plants that can be eaten) 竹笋  |  
 n.  | 1. the strong hollow stems of a tropical plant. 2. a plant with long woody, often hollow, stems that grows in dense clumps and produces bamboo. 3. a tall tropical plant with thick light-brown stems that are used for making things such as furniture and fences  |  
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