Word · Frequency #3372
clothing
衣物；衣服；服装
clothes, or garments worn on the body, especially for warmth, modesty, or fashion
- 1.
Any of a wide variety of articles, usually made of fabrics, animal hair, animal skin, or some combination thereof, used to cover the human body for warmth, to preserve modesty, or for fashion.
通常由织物、动物毛、兽皮或其组合制成的各类衣物,用于遮盖人体以保暖、遮羞或时尚。
- 2.
a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
覆盖人体的穿着物
- 3.
An act or instance of putting clothes on.
穿衣服的动作或事例。
- 4.
A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat.
锅炉或蒸汽室外部的非导热材料覆盖层,用于防止热量辐射。
穿衣；穿衣服；隔热层；保温层；通常由织物、动物毛、兽皮或其组合制成的各类衣物,用于遮盖人体以保暖、遮羞或时尚。；覆盖人体的穿着物；穿衣服的动作或事例。
In use
She packed warm clothing for the mountain trip.
The store sells clothing for children and adults.
Workers must wear protective clothing in the factory.
wear clothing
clothing是集合名词，不可数，表示衣服的总称。
She wore warm clothing in the winter.
她冬天穿了保暖的衣服。
a piece of clothing
piece of clothing用于指具体的单件衣物。
He bought a new piece of clothing.
他买了一件新衣服。
[adjective] clothing
形容词直接修饰clothing，无需冠词。
Comfortable clothing is important for sports.
Connections
Collocations
- warm clothing
- 保暖衣服
- Make sure to wear warm clothing in winter.冬天一定要穿保暖衣服。
- protective clothing
- 防护服
- Firefighters wear protective clothing.消防员穿防护服。
- winter clothing
- 冬装
- I need to buy some new winter clothing.我需要买一些新冬装。
- casual clothing
- 休闲服装
- The dress code is casual clothing for the party.聚会着装要求是休闲服装。
- a piece of clothing
- 一件衣服
- She left a piece of clothing at my house.她把一件衣服忘在我家了。
- men's clothing
Learner notes
Memory Tip
clothing 由 cloth（布）加 ing 组成，衣服是用布做的。
Context & Register
[object Object]
Grammar Note
注意：clothing 是不可数名词，不用 a clothing；指具体一件件衣服时常用 clothes。复数形式 clothings 仅在表示不同种类或专业技术语境中偶尔出现。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Only 'loathing' (/ˈloʊðɪŋ/) rhymes exactly with 'clothing'. Words like 'something', 'nothing', 'anything', 'everything' end in '-thing' but are pronounced with /θɪŋ/ (voiceless th) and different vowels. 'Breathing' ends with /ðɪŋ/ but has a different stressed vowel (/iː/).
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 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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