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标明“衣裳”的英语有许多，今日咱们就来看一下 clothes, outfits, suits和costumes的差异。
1）clothes
clothes是一个复数名词，标明咱们身上穿的用以遮挡、维护、保暖等的衣物。
例句：
By the end of the week my dirty clothes pile up and I need to wash them.
clothes的品种包括： pants（裤子）、 shorts（短裤）、shirts（衬衣） 或tops（上衣）、 dresses（连衣裙）、 skirts（裙子），一起还包括 underwear（内衣）和 socks（袜子）等。
例句：
I have summer clothes like skirts and shorts and winter clothes like sweatpants and hoodies.
有时，clothes也可以标明特定场合穿的衣裳，例如：
My gym clothes include stretchy pants and a tee-shirt.
2）outfit
outfit是“一套衣裳”， 是个可数名词。
例如：
When I travel, I like to pack an extra outfit just in case.
On the internet, people like to share their outfits of the day or OOTDs.（OOTD 
: outfit of the day，网络用语，今日穿搭）
3）Suit
"suit" 是一套正式的outfit， 包括jacket（夹克）, pants（裤子）或skirt（裙子）, 有时还包括 vest（背心），一般都是用同一种布料制成的，可以翻译成“西装”或“套装”。
例句：
Suits were a popular choice for work before 2021.
My husband wore a blue suit to our wedding.
"suit"也可所以在某项活动中穿的衣裳。
例句：
Swimsuits are for swimming and other water activities.
4） costume
costume有几层意思。
作为名词，它的第一层意思是：演员登台所穿的一套衣裳，或因特别缘由或节假期等场合所穿的衣裳。
During the play, the actors had to change their costumes many times.
I have a full closet of dance
costumes that I need to sell.
What is your Halloween costume this year? My costume is a cat!
第二层意思是标明我们在某个前史时期或某个特定国家或区域所穿的传统衣裳。
She dressed in her country's traditional costume for an international event.
Victorian-era costumes consisted of fitted clothes like high-collared shirts and long skirts for women that did not reveal much skin.
Costume也可以用作描述词，标明“古装剧”。
例如：
The television show Outlander is a costume drama set in the 1700s in countries like Scotland, France, and The United States.
以上就是对这些词的分析。
