Serge is a strong cloth, usually wool, with a twill weave — you can see faint diagonal lines on it. Tailors have long used it for suits, trousers, uniforms, and coats because it wears well and holds a shape.

Serge「Serge」（嗶嘰） is是 a strong cloth一種堅韌的布料 usually wool通常是羊毛做的 with a twill weave採斜紋織法 you can see faint diagonal lines on it你可以在上面看到淡淡的斜線 Tailors裁縫師 have long used it長久以來都用它 for suits, trousers, uniforms, and coats來做西裝、長褲、制服和大衣 because it wears well and holds a shape因為它耐穿又能保持版型

It is a workshop word more than a street word: you will hear it from people who sew or sell fabric.

It這 is a workshop word more than a street word是個工作室裡的詞，而不是街頭常聽到的詞 you will hear it from people你會...聽到它 who sew or sell fabric從做裁縫或賣布的人口中

Though actually, the name’s story is sideways. It comes, far back, from a Greek word for silk (the silkworm), and English silk is a distant doublet of the same old name. Today serge is typically wool, not silk; the name travelled farther than the fibre.

Though actually不過實際上 the name's story這個字的來歷 is sideways是繞了個彎的 It comes, far back往遠處追溯，它 from a Greek word for silk來自一個希臘文裡指「絲」的字 the silkworm（蠶） and English silk而英文的 silk is a distant doublet也是遙遠的變體 of the same old name源自同一個古老字根 Today如今 serge is typically woolserge 通常是羊毛 not silk不是絲 the name travelled farther than the fibre這個名字走的路比布料本身的纖維還要遠

When someone says a serge suit, they mean this sturdy twill cloth, not a sudden rush of water (that is surge) and not an army rank (that is sergeant). Those only sound neighbourly.

When someone says a serge suit有人說 a serge suit 時 they mean指的是 this sturdy twill cloth這種堅韌的斜紋布 not a sudden rush of water不是突然湧來的水流 that is surge那是 surge and not an army rank也不是軍階 that is sergeant那是 sergeant Those only sound neighbourly這些字只是聽起來很像鄰居而已