名詞 fabric:

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

1. The fabric was folded widthways.
   這塊織物是沿寬邊摺起的。
2. This fabric has a tear in it.
   這織物上有個破洞。
3. The fabric was displayed on a wired stand.
   那種織物陳列在金屬制的架子上。
4. Chiffon is a kind of thin, almost transparent fabric.
   雪紡綢是一種幾乎透明的絲質薄織物。
5. The whole fabric of the society was changed by the war.
   戰(zhàn)爭改變了整個社會結構。
6. The cost of repairing the fabric of the church was very high.
   修理教堂結構的花費非常大。

fab.ric

n.（名詞）

A cloth produced especially by knitting, weaving, or felting fibers.
織物：一種布，尤指通過紡織、編織或氈結絲線而成
The texture or quality of such cloth.
質地，織法：這種線布的結構或質地
A complex underlying structure:
結構：一種復雜的基礎結構：
例句：
destroyed the very fabric of the ancient abbey during wartime bombing; needs to protect the fabric of civilized society.
在戰(zhàn)火中，摧毀了古修道院的所有架構；需要保護文明社會的基礎

A method or style of construction.
構造：建造的方法或類型
A structural material, such as masonry or timber.
建材：結構材料，如石料或木料
A physical structure; a building.
物品結構；建筑物

來源：
Middle English fabryke [something constructed]
中古英語 fabryke [建造的東西]
from Old French fabrique
源自 古法語 fabrique
from Latin fabrica [craft, workshop]
源自 拉丁語 fabrica [行業(yè)，車間]
from faber fabr- [workman, artificer]
源自 faber fabr- [工人，工匠]