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 clat "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.
例文
1. He was holding a cloth that dripped pink drops upon the floor.
彼は布を持っていて、布の上にピンク色の水が床に滴り落ちている。
2.She passed the needle through the rough cloth ，back and forth.
彼女はその粗布を一針一針縫った。
3.In its untreated state the carbon fibre material is rather like cloth .
元の炭素繊維材料は生地に似ている。
4.His wrists began to chafe against the cloth strips binding them.
彼の腕は縛られ始めた布の帯に磨かれて痛かった。
5.Centre the design on the cloth before you start.