cloth: [OE] The history of the word cloth is not known, beyond the fact that its immediate source is Germanic (German has the related kleid ‘garment’). In Old English it meant both ‘piece of fabric’ and ‘fabric in general’, and in the plural it was applied to ‘garments’ (hence modern English clothes). The verb clothe, too, probably goes back to Old English times, although it is not recorded before the 12th century.
cloth (n.)
Old English claþ "a cloth, sail, cloth covering, woven or felted material to wrap around one," hence, also, "garment," from Proto-Germanic *kalithaz (cognates: Old Frisian klath "cloth," Middle Dutch cleet, Dutch kleed "garment, dress," Middle High German kleit, German Kleid "garment"), of obscure origin. As an adjective from 1590s. The cloth "the clerical profession" is from 17c. in reference to characteristic dress.
雙語例句
1. He was holding a cloth that dripped pink drops upon the floor.
他正拿著一塊布，布上粉紅色的水滴落在地板上。
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2. She passed the needle through the rough cloth, back and forth.
她一針一針地縫那塊粗布。
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3. In its untreated state the carbon fibre material is rather like cloth.
原始的碳纖維材料很像布料。
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4. His wrists began to chafe against the cloth strips binding them.
他的手腕開始被捆綁的布帶磨得很痛。
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5. Centre the design on the cloth before you start.