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衣服

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Clothe \Clothe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clothed}or {Clad}; p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Clothing}.] [OE. clathen, clothen, clethen, AS.
   cl[=a][eth]ian, cl[ae][eth]an. See {Cloth}.]
   1. To put garments on; to cover with clothing; to dress.

            Go with me, to clothe you as becomes you. --Shak.

   2. To provide with clothes; as, to feed and clothe a family;
      to clothe one's self extravagantly.

            Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. --Prov.
                                                  xxiii. 21.

            The naked every day he clad, When he put on his
            clothes.                              --Goldsmith.

   3. Fig.: To cover or invest, as with a garment; as, to clothe
      one with authority or power.

            Language in which they can clothe their thoughts.
                                                  --Watts.

            His sides are clothed with waving wood. --J. Dyer.

            Thus Belial, with with words clothed in reason's
            garb.                                 --Milton.

Clothing \Cloth"ing\, n.
   1. Garments in general; clothes; dress; raiment; covering.

            From others he shall stand in need of nothing, Yet
            on his brothers shall depend for clothing. --Milton.

            As for me, . . . my clothing was sackloth. --Ps.
                                                  xxxv. 13

   2. The art of process of making cloth. [R.]

            Instructing [refugees] in the art of clothing.
                                                  --Ray.

   3. A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a
      boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat.
      --Knight.

   4. (Mach.) See {Card clothing}, under 3d {Card}.

资料来源 : WordNet®

clothing
     n : a covering designed to be worn on a person's body [syn: {article
         of clothing}, {vesture}, {wear}]