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為什麽字典上說 cloths 是 cloth 的復數形式?cloth 首先我要肯定只是只布!不指衣服!

cloth是不可數名詞,意為“布料”,“織物”

I wanted to have a suit made so I bought three and a half yards of cloth.

我想讓人給我做壹套衣服,所以我買了三碼半布料。

當cloth用來指特定用途的布時,是可數名詞,可以有復數形式的cloths:

1. She cleaned the window with an old cloth.

她用壹塊破布擦窗戶。

2. Have you any cloths for polishing the furniture?

妳有擦家具的布嗎?

clothes則是指“衣服”,只有復數形式:

1. He wore ready-made clothes.

他穿做現成的衣服。

2. He soon changed into the dead man’s clothes for sale.

他立即換上了死者的服裝。