- (especially North American English)
clothing, when it is being sold in shops （商店出售的）衣服，服装 - (old-fashioned or formal)
clothes, particularly those worn on a formal occasion （尤指正式场合穿的）衣服，服装 lords and ladies in fine apparel 衣着漂亮的贵族和贵妇
Word OriginMiddle English (as a verb in the sense ‘make ready or fit’; as a noun ‘furnishings, equipment’): from Old French apareillier, based on Latin ad- ‘to’ (expressing change) + par ‘equal’.