fabric
/ˈfæbrɪk/noun
mass noun
1
- cloth, typically produced by weaving or knitting textile fibres布, 织物, 织品：
heavy cream fabric
厚重的米黄色织物
count noun stitch seams on stretch fabrics.弹力面料上的线缝。
2
- the walls, floor, and roof of a building（建筑物的墙体、楼面和屋面等）基础结构, 构造
2.1
- the body of a car or aircraft（汽车的）车身; （飞机的）机身。
2.2
- 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。
词源
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.