Note that there is no singular form of clothes, so you cannot talk about 'a clothe'. In formal English, you can talk about a garment. Clothing is a more formal word that is used to refer to a person's clothes. He took off his wet clothing. ...prison clothing. You can refer to a garment less formally as a piece of clothing, an article of clothing, or an item of clothing, but in ordinary conversation you usually just name the piece of clothing you are talking about. Cloth is material made from something such as cotton, wool, or nylon. A cloth is a piece of cloth that is used, for example, for cleaning or wiping things. Note that the plural, cloths, is used only for this second sense. For the different verbs associated with clothes, see the note at wear.

注意 clothes 沒有單數形式，所以不能說 a clothe。在正式用語中，可以說 a garment。clothing 表示所穿的衣服，是一個更正式的詞：He took off his wet clothing (他脫下濕衣服)，prison clothing (囚衣)。在不太正式的場合，可以用 a piece of clothing, an article of clothing 或 an item of clothing來指a garment, 但在日常會話中，通常說出所指服裝的名稱。cloth 指棉、羊毛、尼龍等制成的布。a cloth 是指用來清潔、擦拭等的一塊布。注意複數 cloths 只用於第二個義項。與 clothes 連用的動詞，請參見 wear 詞條下的說明。