Coats,overcoats,shorts,trousers,shirts and socks are articles of clothing.
In their country many people cannot solve the clothing problem.
A fox is no sheep,though dressed in sheep's clothing.
They do not have enough warm clothing for the winter.
请注意,"一套衣服"是a suit of clothes;"一件衣服"是an article of clothing,这里的suit和axticle不能互换使用,但也可说成warm clothes。分别是前者泛指,后者是具体的。
请注意,garments与clothes同义,它尤指外衣而言,是正式用语,特别是制衣业惯用词:如she owns a garment factory,而且,不像clothes,它是个可数名词。dress是穿在外面的衣服,尤指妇女和小孩外出时所穿的服装或礼服;costume则指某一种人或某一时代特有的装束或戏服。