textile

Compared meaning: woven or knitted material (noun).

比较义项：由纤维编织或针织而成的布料材质（名词）。

• cloth

  Cloth can denote a specific piece of material used for a practical purpose, like wiping or cleaning, and sounds plain and everyday rather than technical.

  cloth 可以指用于特定用途（如擦拭、清洁）的一块布，语气朴素、日常，而非技术性。

  She wiped the table with a soft, clean cloth.

  她用一块柔软干净的布擦了桌子。

• fabric

  Fabric is the everyday word for cloth used in sewing, clothing or decoration, and is the natural choice when describing a specific type or texture of material.

  fabric 是缝纫、服装或装饰用布料的日常说法，在描述某种具体材质或质地时是最自然的用词。

  This shirt is made from a soft, lightweight fabric.

  这件衬衫是用柔软轻薄的布料做的。

• textile 本词

  Textile is a more formal and technical term, typically used for manufactured cloth in industrial, trade or economic contexts, and is often used in the plural.

  textile 是更正式、技术性更强的用词，通常用于工业、贸易或经济语境中指经过加工的布料，且常以复数形式出现。

  The country's textile industry exports cotton and wool fabrics worldwide.

  这个国家的纺织业向全球出口棉、毛织物。

All three name woven material. Cloth also means a piece of material for wiping or cleaning. Fabric is the usual word for sewing or clothing. Textile is formal and technical, used in industry, often plural. Not compared: fabric meaning structure, as in 'social fabric'.

这三个词都可以指“布料”这种材质，但在语域和具体用法上有细微差别：cloth 更口语化，也常指一块用来擦拭或包裹东西的布；fabric 是缝纫、服装场合最常用的说法；textile 语气较正式，多用于工业或贸易语境，常以复数形式出现。这里不比较 fabric 的“结构”义（如 social fabric 社会结构）。