* His clothes are made of expensive cloth.
cloth是名词:
- 作【不可数名词】时意为“布料”
cotton / woollen / silk cloth 棉布/羊毛布料(毛呢)/丝绸(绢布)
- 作【可数名词】时意为“[作某一用途的]一块布”
a wet / clean cloth 一块湿布/干净的布
dishcloth 洗碗布
facecloth 洗脸毛巾
tablecloth(尤指餐桌的)桌布,台布 (不是抹布!见下一个单词)
wiping/cleaning cloth 擦布、抹布
clothes是【复数名词】,意为“衣服,衣物”:
常见词组:
- wear clothes 穿衣服
- be dressed in ... clothes 穿着……的衣服
- put your clothes on 穿上衣服
- take off / remove your clothes 脱下衣服
- change your clothes 换衣服
不同类型的衣服:
- warm / clean clothes 保暖/干净的衣服
- casual / formal clothes 休闲/正式服装
- school / work clothes 校服/工作服
- ordinary / everyday clothes 普通/日常的衣服
- winter / summer clothes 冬装/夏装
- designer clothes 名师设计的服装
- fashionable / trendy clothes 时髦的衣服
- baby clothes / maternity clothes 婴儿服/孕妇装
- second-hand clothes 二手衣服
另外要注意发音上的区别,虽然形近,但是元音o的发音却不一样。
- cloth:US [klɑθ] UK [klɒθ](注:美式与英式的发音差别很大)
- clothes: US [kloʊðz] UK [kləʊðz] (注:/ðz/音难发,可直接略掉/ð/只发/z/,于是同close发音一样)
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