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是a piece of clothing正确还是a piece of clothes正确呢,为什么?

答案:a piece of clothing正确;a piece of clothes错误。

解析:clothes无单数形式;a piece of clothing是可以使用的。

参考资料:

《牛津高阶词典》

引文:

WHICH WORD?

clothes / clothing

You use clothes [pl]

to talk about the things that you wear: I'll just put on

some clean clothes. You use clothing [U] to talk about clothes in general

or a particular type of clothes:

the clothing industry ◆ protective

clothing.

Note that there is no singular form of clothes. You can,

however, talk about a piece/an item/an article of clothing. Note also the

expression: I haven't got anything to wear (= any suitable

clothes) for the party tonight.