fibre
US: /ˈfaɪbɝ/
UK: /fˈaɪbɐ/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
fibre /'faibə/ (fiber) /'faibər/- danh từ
- (sinh vật học) sợi, thớ
- sợi phíp
- cotton fibre: sợi bông
- cấu tạo có thớ, kết cấu có thớ
- (thực vật học) rễ con
- tính tình
- a man of coarse fibre: người tính tình thô lỗ
Advanced English dictionary
(BrE) (AmE fiber)+ noun
1 [U] the part of food that helps to keep a person healthy by keeping the bowels working and moving other food quickly through the body
Synonym: ROUGHAGE
dietary fibre + Dried fruits are especially high in fibre. + a high / low fibre diet + He has been advised to increase his fibre intake. + bran fibre
2 [C, U] a material such as fabric or rope that is made from a mass of natural or artificial threads: nylon and other man-made fibres
3 [C] one of the many thin threads that form body tissue, such as muscle, and natural materials, such as wood and cotton: cotton / wood / nerve / muscle fibres + (literary) She loved him with every fibre of her being.
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Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 filament, thread, strand, fibril, tendril:
This fabric is woven from cotton fibre.
2 texture, structure, material, fabric:
The fibre of this rock is granular.
3 essence, character, nature, mould, composition, constitution, substance, quality, stripe, cast, make-up:
Love for him is wrapped up in the very fibre of her being.
Collocation
1 in food
ADJ.
dietary
your total daily intake of dietary fibre
| vegetable
VERB + FIBRE
be high/rich in
foods that are rich in fibre
FIBRE + NOUN
content
foods that have a high fibre content
| intake
PHRASES
a high/low fibre diet
the problems associated with a low fibre diet
| an intake of fibre, a source of fibre
Peaches are a good source of fibre.
2 material/body tissue
ADJ.
coarse
Mechanical filters draw air through flat, coarse fibres.
| hollow | strong | natural | artificial, man-made, synthetic | carbon, coconut, cotton, nylon, paper, polyester, textile, wood | glass, optical | muscle, nerve | moral
(figurative) It isn't just a lack of moral fibre that leads to a rising divorce rate.
VERB + FIBRE
be made from/of
Wear underwear that is made from natural fibres.
FIBRE + NOUN
optics
Concise dictionary
fibres+a slender and greatly elongated solid substance
+the inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
+a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth
