Word
fatigues
/fəˈtiːɡz/
noun
（士兵穿的）工作服
military uniform worn by military personnel when doing menial labor
常复数
- 1.
Menial duties, especially as punishment.
杂役；尤指惩罚性的苦差事。
疲劳；厌倦；杂役；尤指惩罚性的苦差事。；疲劳( fatigue的名词复数 ); <军>杂役; 厌倦; (士兵穿的)工作服
In use
Soldiers wear camouflage fatigues during field exercises.
He changed into his clean fatigues after the long march.
The recruits were issued new fatigues on their first day.
in fatigues
表示穿着军装工作服的状态。
The soldiers were in fatigues.
士兵们穿着工作服。
military fatigues
指代军装工作服本身。
He wore military fatigues.
他穿着军装工作服。
do fatigues
表示执行军事杂役任务。
They did kitchen fatigues.
他们做了厨房杂役。
Common mistakes
After the long march, I have many fatigues.After the long march, I have much fatigue.
中文学习者误将“疲劳”义的fatigue当作可数名词使用，而该义项为不可数名词，复数形式fatigues指“工作服”。
He wore a fatigue to the party.He wore fatigues to the party.
中文学习者误将“工作服”义的fatigues当作单数名词，而该词通常以复数形式出现，表示“一套工作服”。
Connections
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.