Word familynounfibratefibrinfibrinogenfibrinolysinfibrinolysisfibrofibroblastfibrocartilageFibrocementfibrocytefibroinfibrolinefibrolitefibromafibromyalgiafibronectinfibrosisfibrositisfibreboardfibrefillfibreglassfibre opticsfibrescopefibreadjectivefibredfibrelessfibriformfibrinoidfibrinousfibroblasticfibrocysticfibroidfibroticfibrousfibrovascularverbfibrose
fi·breBritish EnglishBrE, fiber American English /ˈfaɪbə $ -ər/ ●●○ noun
1[uncountableU]DFN the parts of plants that you eat but cannot digest. Fibre helps to keep you healthy by moving food quickly through your body 〔植物的〕纤维素,食物纤维
Fruit and vegetables are high in fibre content.
水果和蔬菜的纤维素含量很高。
food that is high in dietary fibre
富含膳食纤维的食物
2[countableC, uncountableU]TIM a mass of threads used to make rope, cloth etc 〔用来做绳子、布等的〕纤维
natural/synthetic/man-made etc fibre
Nylon is a man-made fibre.
尼龙是一种人造纤维。
3.[countableC]DN a thin thread, or one of the thin parts like threads that form naturalmaterials such as wood or carbon 〔木材、碳等天然材料的〕纤维
5with every fibre of your beingliteraryEMOTIONAL if you feel something with every fibre of your being, you feel it very strongly 极其地,全身心地
He wanted her with every fibre of his being.
他一心一意地想要她。
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with every fibre of your being• What she was sure of, though, was that she wanted him with every fibre of her being.• And in that moment she wishedwith every fibre of her being that it really was possible for her to stay away.
dietary fibre• This book must be available for all interested in nutrition and dietary fibre.• The role played by dietary fibre is of importance to this compartmentalisation because it bindsbileacids.• This factorapplies less with foods rich in dietary fibre, because these foods - happily - tend to be inexpensive.• So you will be taking in about twice as much dietary fibre in less than half as much food.• This intriguing finding from the surveys led medical researchers to investigations into a whole new aspect of dietary fibre.• Freshfruit, for instance, being mainly water, provides only a dilute form of dietary fibre.• This is so of dietary fibre.• Apples are basically a mixture of water, sugar, dietary fibre and little else.
natural/synthetic/man-made etc fibre• Although it is a natural fibre, it tends not to weather well.• A synthetic fibre with a foam or waffle backing is best.• The reason is that fruit juices are simply fruit stripped of its natural fibrecontent.• Hair is a marvellousnatural fibre - you could almost compare it to puresilk thread.• They were given a grandstandview of how the world's first new man-made fibre for 30 years is manufactured.• Fresh water rotted natural fibre, while seawaterpreserved it.• And yet many foods are now refined to such an extent that the natural fibre has been removed.