漢語說 衣食,英語通常說成 food and clothing.
We are well provided with food and clothing.習語 a wolf in sheep's clothing 意爲 披着羊皮的狼,其中 clothing 也不能換成 clothes.
He is a wolf in sheep's clothing.
他是一個僞君子。
總結:
- cloth 指 布 衣料
- clothes 和 clothing 都指衣服,但前者是複數可數名詞,clothing 不可數名詞。
- 常用搭配:a suif of clothes 與 an article of clothing; 衣食: food and clothing.