Tra từ fibre - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

fibre [fibre fibres] (especially US fiber)BrE [ˈfaɪbə(r)] NAmE [ˈfaɪbər] noun
1. uncountable the part of food that helps to keep a person healthy by keeping the ↑bowels working and moving other food quickly through the body
Syn: ↑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. countable, uncountable a material such as cloth or rope that is made from a mass of natural or artificial threads
•nylon and other man-made fibres
3. countable 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.
see also ↑moral fibre, ↑optical fibre

Word Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘lobe of the liver’, (plural) ‘entrails’): via French from Latin fibra ‘fibre, filament, entrails’.

Thesaurus:
fibre (BrE) (AmE fiber)noun C
•Synthetic fibres are used in the manufacturing process.
thread • • strand • • hair •
a long/single fibre/thread/strand/hair
delicate/cotton fibres/threads

Example Bank:
•Mechanical filters draw air through flat, coarse fibres.
•Peaches are a good source of fibre.
•Wear underwear that is made from natural fibres.
•foods that are rich in fibre
•foods that have a high fibre content
•the problems associated with a low fibre diet
•your total daily intake of dietary fibre
•The disease is characterized by degeneration of muscle fibres.
•The function of nerve fibres is to transmit coded information from one place to another.
•Wood fibres or synthetic fibres may be used in the manufacturing process.