• n. 織物；布；組織；構造；建筑物

來自PIE*dhabh, 匹配，裝配，詞源同deft, forge. 用來指織物，結構。

fabric

fabric: [15] Latin faber was a term for an artisan who worked with hard materials – a carpenter, for example, or a smith (it probably came from a prehistoric Indo-European base meaning ‘fit things together’). From it was derived fabrica, which denoted the trade such a man followed, the place where he worked, or in general terms the product of his work – in the case of a carpenter, a ‘building’.

And ‘building’ was the original sense of the word in English when it acquired it via French fabrique: ‘He had neuer studye in newe fabrykes ne buyldynges’, William Caxton, Golden Legend 1483. Remnants of the usage survive in the current sense ‘walls, roof, and floor of a building’. It was not until the mid 18th century that the underlying notion of ‘manufactured material’ gave rise to the word’s main present-day meaning ‘textile’.

Derivatives include fabricate [18], from Latin fabricāre, and forge.
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fabric (n.)

late 15c., "building; thing made; a structure of any kind," from Middle French fabrique (14c.), verbal noun from fabriquer (13c.), from Latin fabricare "to make, construct, fashion, build," from fabrica "workshop," also "an art, trade; a skillful production, structure, fabric," from faber "artisan who works in hard materials," from Proto-Italic *fafro-, from PIE *dhabh- "to fit together" (cognates: Armenian darbin "smith;" also see daft).

The noun fabrica suggests the earlier existence of a feminine noun to which an adj. *fabriko- referred; maybe ars "art, craft." [de Vaan]

Sense in English evolved via "manufactured material" (1753) to "textile, woven or felted cloth" (1791). Compare forge (n.)) which is a doublet.

1. He noticed that fabric was tearing away from the plane's wing.

他注意到機翼在一塊一塊地斷裂。

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2. Never dry underwear over direct heat; it will weaken the fabric.

不要直接加熱烘干內衣，那樣會損壞布料。

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3. The fabric is strong enough to withstand harsh processing.

這種織物非常結實，能經受粗加工。

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4. Condensation will eventually cause the fabric of the building to rot away.

冷凝作用將最終使建筑結構腐朽掉。

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5. Waterproofed fabric pants are more expensive than plastic pants.

防水纖維短褲比塑料短褲貴多了。

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