Webbing is strong woven material made in long narrow bands, like a flat rope. You have touched it many times without knowing its name: the strap of a backpack, a seat belt, a luggage strap, a dog lead, a climbing sling, the flat straps under a sofa cushion that hold your weight up.

Webbing『Webbing』 is strong woven material是一種強韌的編織材料 made in long narrow bands做成長條窄帶狀, like就像 a flat rope扁扁的繩子。You have touched it many times你其實摸過很多次 without knowing its name只是不知道它的名字: the strap of a backpack背包的背帶, a seat belt安全帶, a luggage strap行李箱的綁帶, a dog lead狗的牽繩, a climbing sling攀岩用的扁帶, the flat straps under a sofa cushion that hold your weight up沙發椅墊下面撐住你重量的那種扁帶。

That last one is where the word started in furniture. Under the soft cushion of an old chair or bed, bands of webbing are stretched across the wooden frame in a criss-cross pattern, and they are what actually carry you. When an old sofa sags in the middle, the webbing underneath has stretched or snapped.

That last one最後那個例子 is where the word started in furniture就是這個字最早在家具業出現的地方。Under the soft cushion of an old chair or bed在舊椅子或床的軟墊下面, bands of webbing一條條webbing are stretched across the wooden frame橫拉在木頭骨架上 in a criss-cross pattern交叉排列, and而且 they are what actually carry you真正撐住你的其實是它們。When an old sofa sags in the middle當一張舊沙發中間塌陷時, the webbing underneath底下的webbing has stretched or snapped已經被拉鬆或斷掉了。

It is an uncountable noun, so say 'some webbing', 'a piece of webbing', 'two metres of webbing' — not 'two webbings'.

It is an uncountable noun它是不可數名詞, so所以 say 'some webbing'要說『some webbing』, 'a piece of webbing'『a piece of webbing』, 'two metres of webbing'『two metres of webbing』——not 'two webbings'不能說『two webbings』。

Soldiers also use 'webbing' to mean the whole set of belts and straps they wear to carry equipment.

Soldiers也 also use 'webbing'用『webbing』這個字 to mean表示 the whole set of belts and straps一整套背帶裝備 they wear to carry equipment用來背裝備的。

There is a second, quieter meaning: the skin between a duck's toes or between your own thumb and first finger can be called the webbing. Same picture, small scale.

There is a second, quieter meaning還有第二個比較少人知道的意思: the skin between a duck's toes鴨掌趾間的皮 or或 between your own thumb and first finger你自己大拇指和食指之間的皮 can be called the webbing也可以叫做webbing。Same picture, small scale同樣的畫面，只是比較小。