cloth, clothes, clothing 和dress
1. cloth是不可数名词，“布料”，但作“桌布”讲时，是可数名词。
How much cloth does it take to make a coat for the child?
给这个孩子做件上衣要多少布？
a table cloth一张桌布
a dish cloth一张餐巾
2. clothes只用复数，指具体的衣服。包括外套、西装、衬衣、裤子、鞋、帽等。它不能和表示具体数目的数词连用。不能说 a clothes， six clothes可以说many（ these，a few, my, an article of, a suit of)clothes。
3. clothing是集体名词，指衣服、服装的总称，不能用复数，表示泛指。
The shop sells children's clothing especially.
这家商店专卖儿童服装。
4. dress作可数名词时，指妇女穿的“裙子”。作不可数名词时与 clothing同义，指“服装、衣服”。
We had a very quick change and her dress was put on inside out.
我们很快换了衣服,而她把裙子里外穿反了。
Modest dress means that hemlines must be below the knee.
不显身材的服装底边要过膝盖。
