fabric

名词 fabric:

1. artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
   同义词：cloth, material, textile
2. the underlying structure
   同义词：framework

1. The fabric was folded widthways.
   这块织物是沿宽边摺起的。
2. This fabric has a tear in it.
   这织物上有个破洞。
3. The fabric was displayed on a wired stand.
   那种织物陈列在金属制的架子上。
4. Chiffon is a kind of thin, almost transparent fabric.
   雪纺绸是一种几乎透明的丝质薄织物。
5. The whole fabric of the society was changed by the war.
   战争改变了整个社会结构。
6. The cost of repairing the fabric of the church was very high.
   修理教堂结构的花费非常大。

fab.ric

n.（名词）

A cloth produced especially by knitting, weaving, or felting fibers.
织物：一种布，尤指通过纺织、编织或毡结丝线而成
The texture or quality of such cloth.
质地，织法：这种线布的结构或质地
A complex underlying structure:
结构：一种复杂的基础结构：
例句：
destroyed the very fabric of the ancient abbey during wartime bombing; needs to protect the fabric of civilized society.
在战火中，摧毁了古修道院的所有架构；需要保护文明社会的基础

A method or style of construction.
构造：建造的方法或类型
A structural material, such as masonry or timber.
建材：结构材料，如石料或木料
A physical structure; a building.
物品结构；建筑物

来源：
Middle English fabryke [something constructed]
中古英语 fabryke [建造的东西]
from Old French fabrique
源自 古法语 fabrique
from Latin fabrica [craft, workshop]
源自 拉丁语 fabrica [行业，车间]
from faber fabr- [workman, artificer]
源自 faber fabr- [工人，工匠]