a piece of cloth

基本解释

She ripped a piece of cloth in two.
她把一块布撕成两块。
He stanched the leak of the boat with a piece of cloth.
他用一块布堵住了船上的漏洞。
Metal Polish - Mix several crushed onion slices with some water. Apply the solution to a dull metal object using a piece of cloth.
擦亮金属 ——将一些压碎的洋葱片和水混合，用块布蘸取溶液，擦拭暗淡的金属物品。

A textile is a piece of cloth that has been formed by weaving, knitting,pressing or knotting together individual pieces of fiber.
What could possibly drive somebody to jump out of an airplane with nothing but a little piece of cloth between them and death?
是什么可能驱使某人跳下飞机,而他们与死亡之间只有一片小小的布？
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Now, admittedly they've got this little piece of cloth that gives them a decent chance of not killing themselves when they jump out of airplanes.
现在，必须承认他们有这么小小的一片布,给了他们一个当他们跳下飞机时,不会死的足够的可能性。
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Don't worry, though: you're not spending all that money just on a piece of cloth with a metal fastening strip attached.
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