Fabric

(noun.) artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; 'the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent'; 'woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC'; 'she measured off enough material for a dress'.

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• The case is the same with the fabric of the mind, as with that of the body. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• These machines mark an important departure, which consists in working the buttonhole by moving the stitch forming mechanism about the buttonhole, instead of moving the fabric. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• As the moist material is drawn through the bleaching solution, the acid on the fabric acts upon the solution and releases chlorine. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• One reason for this is that the dye used to color the fabric requires a clear white background, and loses its characteristic hues when its foundation is yellow instead of white. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Ze gentleman need not to buy if he not wish to--but only look at ze silk--look at ze beautiful fabric. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Now the open mesh cane fabric, having diagonal strands, and other varieties, are made rapidly by machinery. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• There is a stain in the fabric of the Temple, deep and foul as that left by the streaks of leprosy on the walls of the infected houses of old. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• During the year 1895 the first loom for weaving an open mesh cane fabric having diagonal strands was invented. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Of millions of such stitches in each of these 200 generations is the fabric of this history woven. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• He made a cylindrical mantle of thin fabric, and then soaked it in a solution of thorium and cerium until it became saturated with the chemical. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Her legs are covered over with a black fabric, and she is supported by a cushion so as to permit the two other girls to place their necks closely against hers. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Take away iron and steel from the resources of modern life, and the whole fabric of civilization disintegrates. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Keep the open bottle and the fabric being cleaned away from an open fire or blaze. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• After the fabric has been burned away, there remains a coarse gauze mantle of the desired chemicals. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• A crimson velvet robe, and a shawl turban of some gold-wrought Indian fabric, invested her (I suppose she thought) with a truly imperial dignity. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• In textile fabrics they have never been surpassed. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• But fabrics immersed in a bleaching powder solution do not lose their color as would naturally be expected. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• But all natural fabrics, whether they come from plants, like cotton and linen, or from animals, like wool and silk, contain more or less coloring matter, which impairs the whiteness. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• That this solution has bleaching properties is shown by the fact that a colored cloth dipped into it loses its color, and unbleached fabrics immersed in it are whitened. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• A great industry of beautiful and elaborate fabrics and furnishings developed. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• One purpose to which it was suggested this coloured photographic process is applicable, is printing on woven fabrics, the action of light serving as a mordant to fix the colours. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Cotton and all mixed fabrics were taxed threepence per yard, and the prohibition on printed cotton goods was withdrawn. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• The merchant, with his lens, examines the separate threads of woolen and silk fabrics to determine the strength and value of the material. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• In fabrics every class of fibre has been called into requisition. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Thus it is easy to see that the natural coloring matter and the added foreign matter must be entirely removed from fabrics destined for commercial use. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• It enabled all kinds of fabrics, from the finest to the coarsest, to be cheaply woven into patterns having figured or ornamental designs. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• But rubber and steel as we now know them are not the only new fabrics given to mankind by the inventors of the Nineteenth Century. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Bleaching powder is very useful in the removal of stains from white fabrics. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• First he used it to manufacture stockings, and then, in 1773, to make, for the first time in England, fabrics entirely of cotton. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• The coloring of textile fabrics, such as cotton, wool, and silk, far outranks in amount and importance that of leather, paper, etc. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.

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