clothesclothing的用法与比较

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一、clothes 的用法

1. 是衣服的统称,不仅包括 coat, shirt, dress 等这样的“衣服”,而且还包括 trousers, socks 等穿在身上的所有东西。

2. 表示“衣服”,是一个没有单数形式的复数名词,其前不可加不定冠词,也不可加数词,但可用 some, these, those, many, (a) few 等词修饰。如:

I need to buy some clothes. 我需要买些衣服。

These clothes wash well. 这些衣服经洗。

You look rather shabby in those clothes. 你穿着那种衣服显得很寒酸。

I don’t have many clothes for summer. 我夏天穿的衣服不多。

As a student she lived very economically, rarely going out and buying very few clothes. 作为学生,她过得很节约,很少外出,也难得买衣服。

3. 虽然不受数词的修饰,但使用代词时可用ones。如:

When he got a job in a bank, he had to wear formal clothes instead of informal ones. 他在银行谋了份工作后不得不把非正式衣服换成正式衣服。

4. 可受某些名词修饰,表示不同用途的衣服,如school clothes(校服),sports clothes(运动服),work clothes(工作服),play clothes(休闲服)等。

它还可以受季节名词修饰,表示不同季节穿的服装,如spring clothes(春装)、summer clothes(夏装)、autumn clothes(秋装)、winter clothes(冬装)。

另外还有men’s clothes(男装),women’s clothes(女装),children’s clothes(童装)等,但是“婴儿服装”却是baby clothes,通常不说babies’ clothes

5. 表示一套衣服,可以借助suitset。如:

George is wearing a new suit of clothes. 乔治穿着一套新衣服。

I’m going to take a set of clean clothes with me. 我要带一套干净的衣服。

二、clothing的用法

1. 表示“衣服”的总称,是一个不可数的集合名词。如:

We need warm clothing for the winter. 我们需要暖和的衣服过冬。

用作主语时,其后谓语动词要用单数。如:

Loose clothing gives you greater freedom of movement. 穿宽松的衣服就能活动自如。

2. 表示一件衣服,可借助单位词article, itempiece。如:

A coat is an article of clothing. 上衣是一件衣服。

The police examined several items of clothing. 警方检查了几件衣服。

3. 汉语说“衣食”,但英语通常说成food and clothing。如:

We are well provided with food and clothing. 我们吃得好,穿得好。

Food, clothing and shelter are all basic necessities of life. 衣、食、住所是生活的基本必需品。

4. 习语a wolf in sheep’s clothing的意思是“披着羊皮的狼”,其中的clothing习惯上不能换成clothes。如:

He is not to be trusted. He is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. 他是不能相信的,他是一个伪君子。

They were our worst enemieswolves in sheep’s clothing. 他们是我们最危险的敌人——是披着羊皮的狼。

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