cloth clothes clothing的不同与相同

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].