Polyester is a human-made fibre used to make cloth. School sports shirts, cheap dresses, “no-iron” office wear, and a lot of mixed cotton-and-something fabric are polyester or part polyester.

Polyester is a human-made fibrepolyester是一種人造纖維 used to make cloth用來做布料。School sports shirts學校運動服, cheap dresses便宜的洋裝, “no-iron” office wear「免燙」上班服, and a lot of mixed cotton-and-something fabric還有很多混紡的棉質布料 are polyester or part polyester都是polyester或部分含有polyester。

It is light, it dries fast, and it does not crease as readily as cotton — factories like it for that. People use the word for the fibre and for the finished cloth.

It is light它很輕, it dries fast乾得快, and it does not crease as readily as cotton也不像棉那麼容易皺——factories like it for that工廠就是因為這樣才喜歡用它。People use the word for the fibre人們會用這個字來指纖維本身 and for the finished cloth也用來指做成的布料。

Though actually, some speakers say polyester with a little sniff, as if it were “not real cloth,” because it can feel sweaty and it does not come from a plant or a sheep. Chemists also use the name for a whole family of plastics; the clothes sense is the one most learners meet first.

Though actually不過其實, some speakers say polyester with a little sniff有些人講polyester時會帶點嫌棄的口氣, as if it were “not real cloth,”好像它「不算真正的布料」, because it can feel sweaty因為它摸起來容易悶熱 and it does not come from a plant or a sheep而且不是來自植物或羊。Chemists also use the name for a whole family of plastics化學家也用這個名稱來指一整類塑膠; the clothes sense is the one most learners meet first但學習者最先接觸到的通常是衣料這個意思。

It is ordinary shop English, not fancy.

It is ordinary shop English這是逛街時會用到的普通英文, not fancy不是什麼講究的字。