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.
实用例句
1. He was holding a cloth that dripped pink drops upon the floor.
他正拿着一块布，布上粉红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.
她一针一针地缝那块粗布。
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3. In its untreated state the carbon fibre material is rather like cloth.
原始的碳纤维材料很像布料。
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4. His wrists began to chafe against the cloth strips binding them.
他的手腕开始被捆绑的布带磨得很痛。
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5. Centre the design on the cloth before you start.
