【问】 clothing与clothes都译为“衣服”，不知有无区别?

【答】 clothing是衣服的总称，是个集合名词，无复数形式，除衣服之外，还包括鞋、帽等。

1. Food here is cheaper than in Britain; clothing，on the other hand is dearer. (Wood)这里的食品比英国便宜，服装则贵一些。

2. A coat is an article of clothing. (ALD)

外衣是一件衣服。

3. I changed my clothing and drank some brandy.

我换了服装，还喝了点白兰地。

4. When a plane from London arrived at Sydney airport，workers began to unload a num-ber of wooden boxes which contained clothing.

当一架飞机从伦敦到达悉尼机场时，工人们开始卸下一批装有衣服的木箱。

5. You should give all this old clothing away. (NCE，Book 2，L.81)

你应该把这些旧衣服都扔掉。

clothes指上衣、下衣、外衣、内衣等，无单数，只有复数，但不能受数词修饰，可受many。few修饰。

1. He had to buy a good many clothes.

他必须买许多衣服。

2. She often wears beautiful clothes.

她经常穿着漂亮的衣服。

请做下面的英语试题：

1. An enemy in disguise is a wolf in sheep’s____.

A. dress B. clothing C. clothes D. cloth (全国高考英语试题)，78(B))

2. His contention is that clothes does not make the man;consequently，I don’t see howyou can convince him to buy that new suit. (TOEFL，73. 1)