Word · CEFR A1 · Frequency #1315
clothes
衣服；衣物
clothing in general; items worn on the body
- 1.
Items of clothing; apparel.
- 2.
clothing in general
一般的衣服
- 3.
The covering of a bed; bedclothes.
- 4.
Laundry (hung on a clothesline).
床单被褥；寝具；晾晒的衣物；一般的衣服；衣服
In use
I need to buy some new clothes for the party.
She folded her clothes and put them in the drawer.
The clothes in that store are very expensive.
he always bought his clothes at the same store
wear + clothes
clothes是复数名词，前面不加冠词a/an。
She wears stylish clothes.
她穿着时髦的衣服。
clothes + be + adjective
clothes作主语时，谓语动词用复数形式。
These clothes are too small.
这些衣服太小了。
put on / take off + one's + clothes
put on表示穿上，take off表示脱下。
Connections
Collocations
- put on clothes
- 穿上衣服
- She put on her clothes and went out.她穿上衣服出去了。
- take off clothes
- 脱掉衣服
- He took off his wet clothes after coming inside.他进来后脱掉了湿衣服。
- change clothes
- 换衣服
- I need to change clothes before the party.聚会前我需要换衣服。
- warm clothes
- 保暖衣服
- Wear warm clothes in winter.冬天穿保暖衣服。
- clean clothes
- 干净衣服
- He put on clean clothes after showering.他淋浴后穿上了干净衣服。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
衣服是布做的，联想cloth（布）加es变成clothes（衣服）
Context & Register
中性；常见场景：日常穿着
Grammar Note
clothes 为复数名词，不可与 a/an 连用，常与 these, those, many 等搭配。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words with the same stressed vowel and ending that truly rhyme with 'clothes': only 'loathes'. Words like 'breathes', 'soothes', 'bathes' have different vowels and do not rhyme, though they share the same spelling chunk '-thes'.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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