fiber

名词 fiber:

1. a slender and greatly elongated solid substance
   同义词：fibre
2. the inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions- Herbert Spencer
   同义词：character, fibre
3. a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth
   同义词：fibre, vulcanized fiber

1. It was not until 1884 that the first artificial fiber was made.
   直到一八八四年，第一个人造纤维才制造出来。
2. He is a man of real fiber.
   他是一个有骨气的男子。
3. I love my country with every fiber of my being.
   我深爱我的祖国。
4. Scientists are recommending that people eat more fiber.
   科学家建议人们多吃些纤维素。

fi.ber

n.（名词）
A slender, elongated, threadlike object or structure.
纤维：一种细长的线状物体或组织
Botany One of the elongated, thick-walled cells that give strength and support to plant tissue.
【植物学】 纤维细胞：能够增加植物细胞组织的强度或起支持作用的长的厚壁细胞中的一种
Anatomy
【解剖学】
Any of the filaments constituting the extracellular matrix of connective tissue.
纤维组织：构成结缔组织的细胞外基质的丝状体之一
Any of various elongated cells or threadlike structures, especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber.
神经纤维：尤指肌纤维或神经纤维等各种长形细胞或线状组织中的任一种

A natural or synthetic filament, as of cotton or nylon, capable of being spun into yarn.
天然纤维：如棉纤维或尼龙纤维等能够被纺成线的天然或人造长丝
Material made of such filaments.
纤维织物：由这种长丝制成的织物

Something that provides substance or texture.
质地：决定物质构成和结构的东西
Essential character or structure:
本质特征或构造：
例句：
.stirred the deeper fibers of my nature.(Oscar Wilde)
.触动到我深层的本性.(奥斯卡·怀尔德)

Basic strength or toughness; fortitude:
坚韧，坚强：基础力量或坚强；坚韧：
例句：
lacking in moral fiber.
缺乏道德意志

Coarse, indigestible plant matter, consisting primarily of polysaccharides such as cellulose, that when eaten stimulates intestinal peristalsis.Also called In this sense, also called bulk ,roughage
纤维食物：一种主要由多糖（如纤维素）构成的粗的、不可消化的植物物质，吃入后可刺激肠的蠕动也作 在此意义上也可称作 bulk,roughage

来源：
French fibre
法语 fibre
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Latin fibra
源自 拉丁语 fibra

【引伸】
fi.bered
adj.（形容词）