Mohair is a kind of wool — long, silky, a little shiny — from the hair of the Angora goat, not from a sheep. People knit it into jumpers that feel light and fuzzy, or weave it into cloth. In a shop it is a real material name, not a poetic word, and it is often sold as something rather expensive.

Mohair馬海毛 is a kind of wool是一種羊毛 — long, silky, a little shiny長長的、絲滑的、有點光澤 — from the hair of the Angora goat來自安哥拉山羊的毛, not from a sheep不是綿羊的。People knit it into jumpers人們把它織成毛衣 that feel light and fuzzy摸起來輕盈蓬鬆, or weave it into cloth或織成布料。In a shop在店裡 it is a real material name這是真正的材質名稱, not a poetic word不是詩意的用詞, and it is often sold as something rather expensive而且常常賣得相當貴。

The English spelling looks like “mo + hair”, and that is a story the language told itself: people heard hair in it and slowly pulled the spelling that way. The older forms (mocayre, French mocayart, Italian mocaiardo) come from Arabic mukhayyar, “choice” — the chosen, best kind. Moire, the wavy silk, is the same Arabic word that took another road into English.

The English spelling英文拼法 looks like "mo + hair"看起來像是「mo + hair」, and that is a story the language told itself這是語言自己說給自己聽的故事: people heard hair in it人們在裡面聽到了 hair（毛髮） and slowly pulled the spelling that way於是漸漸把拼法往那個方向拉。The older forms較早的形式 (mocayre, French mocayart, Italian mocaiardo)（mocayre、法文 mocayart、義大利文 mocaiardo） come from來自 Arabic mukhayyar阿拉伯文的 mukhayyar, "choice"「精選」 — the chosen, best kind也就是精挑細選、最好的那種。Moire波紋綢, the wavy silk那種帶波紋的絲綢, is the same Arabic word是同一個阿拉伯字 that took another road into English只是走了另一條路進入英文。