A special waterproof material, usually a thin layer inside cloth, used for winter and sport clothes. Rain stays out, but sweat can still get through, so you stay drier in wet weather and do not boil inside a heavy jacket. You meet it on coats, trousers, boots and gloves for mountains and outdoor sport.

A special waterproof material, usually a thin layer inside clothGore-Tex是一種特殊的防水材質，通常是布料裡的一層薄膜， used for winter and sport clothes用在冬天和運動服裝上。 Rain stays out, but sweat can still get through雨水進不來，但汗水還是能透出去， so you stay drier in wet weather and do not boil inside a heavy jacket所以你在濕冷天氣裡會比較乾爽，也不會悶在厚重外套裡發燙。 You meet it on coats, trousers, boots and gloves for mountains and outdoor sport你會在登山和戶外運動用的外套、褲子、靴子和手套上看到它。

It is a brand name, named after the American inventor Robert W. Gore, with Tex from textile, meaning cloth.

It is a brand name它是一個品牌名稱， named after the American inventor Robert W.以美國發明人Robert W. Gore, with Tex from textile, meaning clothGore為名，再加上取自textile(布料)的Tex。

Though actually, shops sometimes say Gore-Tex for any similar waterproof-but-breathing cloth; strictly, only the company's own material is Gore-Tex. Keep the capital letters and the hyphen.

Though actually不過實際上， shops sometimes say Gore-Tex for any similar waterproof-but-breathing cloth店家有時候會把Gore-Tex拿來泛指任何類似防水又透氣的布料； strictly, only the company's own material is Gore-Tex嚴格來說，只有這家公司自己的材質才叫Gore-Tex。 Keep the capital letters and the hyphen要記得保留大寫字母和中間的連字號。