cloth clothes clothing的不同与相同
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cloth clothes clothing 的不同与相同
1、cloth 当“布料”讲时是不可数名词,但指“某种具体用途的布”时是可数名词。
a piece of cloth 一块布料
a table cloth 一张桌布
2、clothes 指具体的衣物时是复数,不能用 a clothes,但a suit of clothes指“一
套衣服”。
Her clothes are of high quality.
Yesterday her mother bought herself a suit of clothes.
3、clothing不可数名词,可用作an article/piece of clothing(一件衣物)。
Those people lack food and clothing.
一、首先应区分开cloth 与clothes / clothing:cloth表示“布”、“衣料”,是不可数名词。
如:
She bought some cloth to make herself a dress.
表示用作某种特殊用途的布(如:桌布,台布,揩布等),是可数名词。
如:Clean the windows with a soft cloth.
二、clothes 和clothing 均可表示“衣服”,用作“衣服”的统称,但在用法上有差别:
1.clothes 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, few 等词修饰。
如:
正:those clothes / few clothes / many clothes 误:a clothes / two clothes / three clothes
2. clothing 是不可数名词。
如:
They wear very little clothing. 他们衣服穿得很少。
3. 比较而言:clothes 的含义比较具体,而clothing 的含义则比较抽象。
从语体上看,clothing 比clothes 更正式。
比较:
I changed my clothes.
He is washing his clothes. Our clothing protects us against the cold.
We are well provided with food and clothing.
若不考虑其细微区别,两者常可换用(注:clothes是复数,clothing不可数)。
如:He spent a lot of money on clothes [clothing].。