If something is fibrous, it has many thin threads in it, or it looks as if it is made of threads. Doctors use it for the tough, stringy stuff in the body — fibrous tissue that holds parts together, or a fibrous lump that feels thread-like under the fingers. Cooks and food labels use it for plants: celery, mango, and some meat can feel fibrous when you chew, because of those threads.

If something is fibrous,如果某個東西是fibrous的， it has many thin threads in it,代表它裡面有很多細細的纖維， or it looks as if it is made of threads.或是看起來就像是纖維組成的。 Doctors use it for the tough, stringy stuff in the body醫生會用這個字形容身體裡那種韌、有絲狀感的組織， — fibrous tissue that holds parts together, or a fibrous lump that feels thread-like under the fingers.——像是把部位連在一起的纖維組織，或是摸起來有絲狀感的纖維狀腫塊。 Cooks and food labels use it for plants:廚師和食品標示則用這個字形容植物： celery, mango, and some meat can feel fibrous when you chew, because of those threads.芹菜、芒果，還有某些肉類，咬起來會有fibrous的口感，就是因為那些纖維。

It is a slightly scientific word. In ordinary talk people often say stringy or tough instead, especially about food.

It is a slightly scientific word.這是個稍微偏科學性的字。 In ordinary talk people often say stringy or tough instead, especially about food.在日常說法裡，大家講食物比較常說stringy（有筋的）或tough（有嚼勁的）。

Though actually, the famous everyday word is the noun fibre (American spelling fiber) — “eat more fibre” on a cereal box — and fibrous is just the adjective that sits beside it. Fibrous does not always mean “healthy”. A fibrous root or a fibrous scar is about shape and feel, not about breakfast.

Though actually,不過其實， the famous everyday word is the noun fibre (American spelling fiber)大家熟悉的日常用字，是名詞fibre（美式拼法fiber）， — “eat more fibre” on a cereal box ———像是穀片盒上寫的「多吃點纖維」—— and fibrous is just the adjective that sits beside it.而fibrous只是它旁邊的形容詞形式。 Fibrous does not always mean “healthy”.fibrous不代表一定「健康」。 A fibrous root or a fibrous scar像fibrous root（纖維狀的根）或fibrous scar（纖維化的疤）， is about shape and feel, not about breakfast.講的是形狀和觸感，跟早餐一點關係都沒有。