高三英语第一轮复习:cloth; clothes; dress

2019-11-02 16:22:12

  cloth; clothes; dress
  cloth指做衣服等用的“衣料、布”。一般作不可数名词。如:
  I put a piece of wet cloth around my face and lay on the floor for about two hours.
  注:用于表达特殊用途的布,如“桌布、抹布”等时,cloth用做可数名词。如:
  He washed a table cloth just now.
  clothes意为“衣服”,总是以复数形式出现,泛指身上穿的各部分衣着,包括上衣、裤子、内衣、背心等。如:Look at these clothes. They are on Mrs Green’s clothes line.
  注意:
  (1)“一件衣服”不可说 a clothes, 应说 an article of clothing;“一套衣服”可说a suit(set) of clothes.
  (2)clothes 前不可直接用数词修饰,如不可说three clothes.
  (3)clothes 前可用these, those, the, many, few修饰,口语中可用much, little修饰。
  (4)chothes作主语时,谓语动词只能用复数形式。
  dress 可用于可数和不可数名词,用于可数名词时,常指妇女、儿童服装、内衣或外衣等公共场合穿的衣服。用于不可数名词时,统指“衣服”。该词可作动词,意为“给……穿衣”。如:
  What colour is Mrs Green’s dress?
  He could not wash himself or get dressed.

相关推荐