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fabric n.织品,织物,布,结构,建筑物,构造 The most common use of fabric is for clothes: for example, denim is the fabric used to make jeans. All clothes are made of some type or combination of fabrics. The basic structure of a building or a vehicle can also be called fabric, and non-physical things can be represented as fabric too. Metaphorically, you could say honesty is part of the fabric of friendship, or love is part of the fabric of family. Fabric is always the foundation or essence of something. ★★★☆☆ 2005.6

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['fæbrik] Fabric is what something is made from, especially clothing. Silk is a common fabric, but you can also talk about "the fabric of society." Creating a “European identity” that respects the different cultures and traditions which go to make up the connecting fabric of the Old Continent is no easy task and demands a strategic choice -- that of producing programs in Europe for Europe. 1[N-MASS 物质名词]织物；布料 Fabric is cloth or other material produced by weaving together cotton, nylon, wool, silk, or other threads. Fabrics are used for making things such as clothes, curtains, and sheets. ...small squares of red cotton fabric...小块方形红棉布Whatever your colour scheme, there's a fabric to match.无论什么样的色彩图案，都有与之相配的织物。2[N-SING 单数名词](社会或体系的)基本结构 The fabric of a society or system is its basic structure, with all the customs and beliefs that make it work successfully.   [with supp]The fabric of society has been deeply damaged by the previous regime...社会结构已遭到上届政府极大的破坏。Years of civil war have wrecked the country's infrastructure and destroyed its social fabric.经年内战已破坏了国家的基础设施，摧毁了其社会结构。3[N-SING 单数名词](建筑的)结构，构造 The fabric of a building is its walls, roof, and the materials with which it is built.   [usu the N of n]Condensation will eventually cause the fabric of the building to rot away.冷凝作用将最终使建筑结构腐朽掉。

英语单词	fabric
英美音标	['fæbrik]
中文释义	n.织品,织物,布,结构,建筑物,构造
vocab简明	Fabric is what something is made from, especially clothing. Silk is a common fabric, but you can also talk about "the fabric of society."
vocab扩展	The most common use of fabric is for clothes: for example, denim is the fabric used to make jeans. All clothes are made of some type or combination of fabrics. The basic structure of a building or a vehicle can also be called fabric, and non-physical things can be represented as fabric too. Metaphorically, you could say honesty is part of the fabric of friendship, or love is part of the fabric of family. Fabric is always the foundation or essence of something.
真题原句	Creating a “European identity” that respects the different cultures and traditions which go to make up the connecting fabric of the Old Continent is no easy task and demands a strategic choice -- that of producing programs in Europe for Europe.
柯林斯星级	★★★☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [N-MASS 物质名词]织物；布料 Fabric is cloth or other material produced by weaving together cotton, nylon, wool, silk, or other threads. Fabrics are used for making things such as clothes, curtains, and sheets. ...small squares of red cotton fabric... 小块方形红棉布 Whatever your colour scheme, there's a fabric to match. 无论什么样的色彩图案，都有与之相配的织物。 2 [N-SING 单数名词](社会或体系的)基本结构 The fabric of a society or system is its basic structure, with all the customs and beliefs that make it work successfully. [with supp] The fabric of society has been deeply damaged by the previous regime... 社会结构已遭到上届政府极大的破坏。 Years of civil war have wrecked the country's infrastructure and destroyed its social fabric. 经年内战已破坏了国家的基础设施，摧毁了其社会结构。 3 [N-SING 单数名词](建筑的)结构，构造 The fabric of a building is its walls, roof, and the materials with which it is built. [usu the N of n] Condensation will eventually cause the fabric of the building to rot away. 冷凝作用将最终使建筑结构腐朽掉。
来源	2005.6

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