Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary
clothes
clothes UK [kləʊðz] US [kloʊðz] plural noun [ clotheses ] <E > things such as dresses and trousers that you wear to cover, protect or decorate your body • She usually wears smart/casual clothes. • I'm just putting my clothes on. • Take your clothes off and get in the bath. • designer clothes • a clothes shop See pictures , , , Thesaurus+: ↑Clothing - general words
Collocations: Adjectives beautiful designer expensive good pretty trendy clothes • The bar was full of people wearing trendy clothes. clean fresh new clothes • James felt so much better after he had had a shower and changed into some fresh clothes. dirty wet clothes • It was a relief to get home and get out of our wet clothes. second-hand clothes • Every Saturday, Lisa would go shopping for second-hand clothes. old tattered clothes • A man in tattered clothes asked them for some money. baggy clothes • Kids wearing baggy clothes and baseball caps were skateboarding round the square. best Sunday clothes • He wore his best clothes to the interview. Types school street work clothes • Alison took her daughter to buy new school clothes before the new term started. baby clothes • She gave Katharine a bag of baby clothes that her daughter had outgrown. summer winter clothes • I need to get myself some summer clothes now that the weather is getting warmer. Verbs pull on put on throw on clothes • Realizing he'd overslept, Paul got up, threw on some clothes and ran for the bus. pull off take off tear off clothes • Wearily, he pulled off his clothes and got ready for bed. change clothes • Sally went upstairs to change her clothes and get ready for the party. wear clothes • He always wore the same clothes to work. wash clothes • Jim's mum still washed his clothes for him, even when he'd left home. hang up put away clothes • I wish you would hang up your clothes instead of leaving them on the floor! Nouns a bundle pile of clothes • He selected a pair of socks from the pile of clothes on his bedroom floor. a change of clothes • We were soaked through but luckily we had brought a change of clothes with us.
• She always leaves her clothes lying about on the floor. • It's silly to go to the expense of buying new clothes when you don't really need them. • I'm going through my wardrobe and throwing out all the clothes I don't wear any more. • She's busy knitting baby clothes. • I tend to wear clothes that are practical rather than fashionable.