fabric

fabric
noun
[mass noun]
  1. cloth, typically produced by weaving or knitting textile fibres
    织物，织品
    heavy cream fabric.
    米黄色厚织物。
    [count noun]stitch seams on stretch fabrics.
    弹力面料上的线缝。
  2. the walls, floor, and roof of a building
    建筑物构筑
    ■the body of a car or aircraft
    车身；飞机机身
    ■(figurative)the essential structure of a society, way of life, or other product of the interaction of different elements
    (喻)（社会、生活方式等的）基本结构
    the fabric of society.
    社会基本结构。
语源
  1. late 15th cent.: from French fabrique, from Latin fabrica 'something skilfully produced', from faber 'worker in metal, stone, etc.' The word originally denoted a building, later a machine or appliance, the general sense being 'something made', hence sense 1 (mid 18th cent., originally denoting any manufactured material). Sense 2 dates from the mid 17th cent
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