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hosiery + noun
hosiery 常直接放在名词前作定语，如 hosiery shop（袜店）、hosiery manufacturer（袜类制造商）。
The hosiery department is on the second floor.
袜类部门在二楼。
袜类；内衣裤
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
袜类；内衣裤
socks, stockings, and tights collectively; in British English, also underwear.
The hosiery department is on the second floor.
袜类部门在二楼。
英式英语中亦指内衣裤。
穿在腿上的贴身衣物,如袜子、长袜和连裤袜。
Undergarments worn on the legs, such as socks, stockings, and pantyhose.
制袜业；袜商的行业或手艺。
The business or art of a hosier; the practice of making hose.
出售此类贴身衣物的商店。
A shop selling such undergarments.
I need to buy new hosiery for the office dress code.
我需要为办公室着装要求买新的袜类。
The laundry basket was full of hosiery that required hand-washing.
洗衣篮里装满了需要手洗的袜类。
She works in the hosiery section of the department store.
她在百货公司的袜类部门工作。
hosiery 常直接放在名词前作定语，如 hosiery shop（袜店）、hosiery manufacturer（袜类制造商）。
The hosiery department is on the second floor.
袜类部门在二楼。
hosiery 是集体不可数名词，作主语时谓语动词用单数。
Hosiery includes socks, stockings, and tights.
袜类包括短袜、长袜和连裤袜。
Not this
These hosiery are very comfortable.
Use this
This hosiery is very comfortable.
hosiery 是不可数名词，虽然指的可能是多双袜子，但谓语动词应用单数，也不能用 these 修饰；应改用 this 和 is。
Not this
I bought a hosiery at the market.
Use this
I bought some hosiery at the market.
hosiery 是集合/不可数名词，不能直接加不定冠词 a；表示‘买了一些袜类’可用 some hosiery 或 a pair of hosiery。
Not this
She has many hosieries in her closet.
Use this
She has a lot of hosiery in her closet.
hosiery 通常作不可数名词，不用 many 或复数形式 hosieries 来计数；应说 a lot of hosiery。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
袜类（及内衣）部门
You can find socks in the hosiery department.
你可以在袜类部门找到袜子。
袜类产业
The hosiery industry now uses advanced knitting machines.
袜类产业现在使用先进的针织机。
针织袜类
The factory specializes in knitted hosiery.
这家工厂专门生产针织袜类。
女式袜类
The store offers a wide selection of ladies' hosiery.
这家商店提供种类繁多的女式袜类。
织袜厂
The town was once famous for its hosiery mills.
这个小镇曾以织袜厂闻名。
Use hosiery naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象商店里一排排长筒袜(hose)挂满货架，hosiery就是袜类总称。
语域：formal 常见场景：clothing retail、garment manufacturing、formal product descriptions hosiery 是集合名词，统称袜子、长袜和紧身裤，在英式英语中也可包括内衣裤。它多用于零售、服装生产或书面说明等正式场合，日常口语中比较常见于直接用 socks、tights 等具体词。
英式英语中还包括内衣裤。
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