cloth/cloths/clothes/clothing, 它們有什麽分別？例句, 詳解

cloth 和cloths 和clothes 的意思

問：Children’s cloths for sale. Very reasonable price. 有本書上說, 這則廣告有錯誤。錯在何處?

答：cloth 是不可數名詞, 意為“布料”、“織物”(material made from cotton, wool, etc) 。

I wanted to have a suit made so I bought three and a half yards of cloth.
我想讓人給我做一套衣服, 所以我買了三碼半布料。

當cloth 用來指特定用途的布(table cloth, desk cloth) 時, 它是個可數名詞, 可以有複數形式cloths :

1. She cleaned the window with an old cloth.
   她用一塊破布擦窗戶。
2. Have you any cloths for polishing the furniture?
   你有擦傢俱的布嗎?

clothes 則是指“衣服”, 只有複數形式:

1. He wore ready-made clothes.
   他穿做現成的衣服。
2. He soon changed into the dead man’s clothes.
   他立即換上了死者的服裝。

因此, 上面的廣告應寫成: Children’s clothes for sales.

clothing 與 clothes的區別

問：clothing 與clothes 都譯為“衣服”, 不知有無區別?

答：clothing 是衣服的總稱, 是個集合名詞, 無複數形式, 除衣服之外, 還包括鞋、帽等。

1. Food here is cheaper than in Britain; clothing, on the other hand, is dearer.
   這裡的食品比英國便宜, 服裝則貴一些。
2. A coat is an article of clothing.
   外衣是一件衣服。

clothes 指上衣、下衣、外衣、內衣等, 無單數, 只有複數, 但不能受數詞修飾, 可受many, few 修飾。

1. He had to buy a good many clothes.
   他必須買許多衣服。
2. She often wears beautiful clothes
   她經常穿著漂亮的衣服。

小練習：請選出正確的答案。（留言作答）
An enemy in disguise is a  wolf in sheep’s ________.
A. dress
B. clothing
C. clothes
D. cloth