本书从纺织工程专业技术角度出发，选取纺织纤维、纱线、织物、服装等纺织品的发展历程、性能特征、生产流程及工艺、检测与应用等方面的英文内容，翻译了本书全文，并附有纺织工程技术相关的专业词汇、词组，为纺织大专院校、纺织企业工程专业技术人员、纺织检测与贸易技术员等提供了较为全面的、概述性的纺织工程技术英文素材。通过学习本书，可掌握纺织专业技术相关的术语、类型、原理、机械器具、方法和标准等方面的专业技术英语的词汇及表述方式。本书可以作为高校纺织英语专业教材使用。

Lesson 1 Cotton
Lesson 2 Organic cotton
Lesson 3 The harvesting and ginning of cotton
Lesson 4 Jute
Lesson 5 Ramie
Lesson 6 Flax and hemp
Lesson 7 Wool
Lesson 8 Mohair
Lesson 9 Cashmere
Lesson 10 Other animal hair fibres
Lesson 11 Silk fibres
Lesson 12 Feathers and down
Lesson 13 Industrial cellulose
Lesson 14 Lyocell
Lesson 15 Polyester fibres
Lesson 16 Nylon fibres
Lesson 17 Acrylic fibres
Lesson 18 High-performance fibres
Lesson 19 Introduction to spinning technology
Lesson 20 The opening, blending, cleaning, and carding
Lesson 21 Spinning process
Lesson 22 Spinning system
Lesson 23 Twisting, winding and clearing
Lesson 24 The woollen process
Lesson 25 The worsted yarn
Lesson 26 Texturing
Lesson 27 Rope
Lesson 28 Yarn testing standards and parameters
Lesson 29 The development of weaving technology
Lesson 30 Warping, warp sizing, drawing-in and denting
Lesson 31 Weaving process
Lesson 32 Modern weaving machines
Lesson 33 The development of knitting technology
Lesson 34 Weft knitting technology
Lesson 35 Warp knitting technology
Lesson 36 Design in textiles
Lesson 37 Jacquard textile design
Lesson 38 Nonwovens
Lesson 39 Three-dimensional fibrous assemblies
Lesson 40 Dyeing
Lesson 41 Dyes
Lesson 42 Exhaust dyeing
Lesson 43 Continuous dyeing
Lesson 44 Printing of fabrics
Lesson 45 Chemical finishing
Lesson 46 Carpet
Lesson 47 Interior textiles
Lesson 48 Medical textiles
Lesson 49 Sportswear
Lesson 50 Hygiene textile products
Lesson 51 Coated and laminated textiles
Lesson 52 Smart technology for textiles and clothing
Lesson 53 Comfort of the garment
Lesson 54 Subjective assessment of clothing appearance
Lesson 55 Textile recycling
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