cloth是不可数名词,意为“布料”,“织物”
I wanted to have a suit made so I bought three and a half yards of cloth.
我想让人给我做一套衣服,所以我买了三码半布料。
当cloth用来指特定用途的布时,是可数名词,可以有复数形式的cloths:
1. She cleaned the window with an old cloth.
她用一块破布擦窗户。
2. Have you any cloths for polishing the furniture?
你有擦家具的布吗?
clothes则是指“衣服”,只有复数形式:
1. He wore ready-made clothes.
他穿做现成的衣服。
2. He soon changed into the dead man’s clothes for sale.
他立即换上了死者的服装。