cloth是"布"、"布料"，没有复数形式。一块布料是a piece of cloth, 而clothes统指衣服，是复数名词，"一套衣服"要讲a suit of clothes， 如果是"一件件衣服"应讲shirt, dress, sweater等。而clothing是衣物的总称，是不可数名词。例如：This clothing is needed in warm countries.Her clothes are made of fine cloth.英语中的dress是指比较正式的服装，如a school dress(校服)，a student dress(学生套装)，a working dress(工作服)。
［误］ I need a lot of clothing.
I'm going to make a new cloth.
［正］ I need a lot of cloth.
I'm going to make a new dress.
［析］ cloth是"布"、"布料"，没有复数形式。一块布料是a piece of cloth, 而clothes统指衣服，是复数名词，"一套衣服"要讲a suit of clothes， 如果是"一件件衣服"应讲shirt, dress, sweater等。而clothing是衣物的总称，是不可数名词。例如：This clothing is needed in warm countries.Her clothes are made of fine cloth.英语中的dress是指比较正式的服装，如a school dress(校服)，a student dress(学生套装)，a working dress(工作服)。
与单词：a piece of 相关的例句或者名人名言
I use a piece of soap to wash my hands.
我用肥皂洗手。
I buy a piece of pancake from that booth every morning.
每天早上我都从那个小摊摊上买套煎饼果子。
Take out a piece of paper, please.
请拿出一张纸来。
N-COUNT. 购物单;采购单. A shopping list is a list of the things that you want to buy when you go shopping, which you write on a piece of paper.
※The throne is but a piece of wood covered with velvet. 皇帝的宝座不过是一块盖着天鹅绒的木头。
