Cable-knit describes wool clothes — most often a sweater — with a thick, raised pattern of lines that cross and twist, like ropes laid over each other. Knitters make that look with a special stitch; the raised twists are called cables.

Cable-knit describes wool clothes麻花針織形容的是毛織衣物——most often a sweater最常見的是毛衣——with a thick, raised pattern of lines that cross and twist, like ropes laid over each other上面有一種厚實、凸起、交錯扭轉的紋路，像一條條繩子疊在一起。Knitters make that look with a special stitch織者是用一種特別的織法做出這種效果；the raised twists are called cables那些凸起扭轉的紋路就叫做cables（麻花紋）。

A cable-knit sweater feels chunky and warm, and you see it a lot in winter clothes.

A cable-knit sweater feels chunky and warm麻花針織毛衣摸起來厚實又保暖，and you see it a lot in winter clothes冬裝裡很常見。

The word is an adjective: a cable-knit sweater, a cable-knit pattern.

The word is an adjective這個字是形容詞：a cable-knit sweater, a cable-knit pattern麻花針織毛衣、麻花針織花樣。

Though actually, it has nothing to do with the electric cables in the wall — the pattern is only named after rope-like cables.

Though actually不過事實上 it has nothing to do with the electric cables in the wall它跟牆裡的電纜一點關係也沒有——the pattern is only named after rope-like cables這個花樣只是因為長得像繩狀的cable（纜繩）而得名。

You will also hear cable knit without the hyphen, but the hyphenated form is the usual dictionary shape.

You will also hear cable knit without the hyphen你也會看到cable knit不加連字號的寫法，but the hyphenated form is the usual dictionary shape但字典裡通常用的是加連字號的形式。