汉语说 衣食,英语通常说成 food and clothing.
We are well provided with food and clothing.习语 a wolf in sheep's clothing 意为 披着羊皮的狼,其中 clothing 也不能换成 clothes.
He is a wolf in sheep's clothing.
他是一个伪君子。
总结:
- cloth 指 布 衣料
- clothes 和 clothing 都指衣服,但前者是复数可数名词,clothing 不可数名词。
- 常用搭配:a suif of clothes 与 an article of clothing; 衣食: food and clothing.