单词 | fibre |
释义 | Word Frequency fibre or US fiber (ˈfaɪbə) noun 1. a natural or synthetic filament that may be spun into yarn, such as cotton or nylon 2. cloth or other material made from such yarn 3. a long fine continuous thread or filament 4. the structure of any material or substance made of or as if of fibres; texture 5. essential substance or nature all the fibres of his being were stirred 6. strength of character (esp in the phrase moral fibre) 7. dietary fibre 8. botany a. a narrow elongated thick-walled cell: a constituent of sclerenchyma tissue b. such tissue extracted from flax, hemp, etc, used to make linen, rope, etc c. a very small root or twig 9. anatomy any thread-shaped structure, such as a nerve fibre Derived forms fibred (ˈfibred) or US fibered (ˈfibered) adjective fibreless (ˈfibreless) or US fiberless (ˈfiberless) adjective Word origin C14: from Latin fibra filament, entrails |
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