日用品英语趣说之cloth

cloth 布，布料 Cloth can be made of many materials：cotton, wool, silk, linen, nylon, and so on and so forth. Quality cloth is colourfast，made of good material and wears well. Coats cut from the same cloth are of the same color and material. People come from the same cloth are alike in nature. Hitler was a dictator，so was Mussolini. They were cut from the same cloth. Some people live beyond their means and spend more money than they have. But a good housewife cut her coat according to her cloth，which means she spends no more than she has. 布料可以由许多材料制成：棉花，羊毛，丝，亚麻，尼龙等等。高质地的布料不褪色，用上等材料制造而且耐穿。 用相同布料剪裁而成的外衣，颜色相同，质量一样。如出一辙的人，品格相似。希特勒是个独裁者，墨索里尼也一样，他们是一路货色，they were cut from the same cloth。 有些人不按自己的财力来生活，花钱超出自己的能力，而一个好家庭主妇则量布裁衣，量入为出，这意味着她花钱不超出自己所有。A good housewife cut her coat。according to her cloth.