tog
tog — noun
1. A number printed on a duvet label that shows how warm it will keep you: the high
A number printed on a duvet label that shows how warm it will keep you: the higher the number, the warmer the cover.
Christopher checked the label and saw that his duvet had a 13.5 tog rating.
collocation: tog rating
For her cold bedroom, Nila chose a duvet with a high tog value.
collocation: high / low tog value
The shop assistant explained that a 4.5 tog duvet works best for summer.
Layla bought a 10.5 tog duvet for the guest room in her new flat.
Hotels often provide duvets with different tog ratings for each season.
- thermal rating
broader term used for any insulating material, not just duvets
文法句型
tog + rating/value/number
用法筆記
Common in product descriptions and home-furnishing shops. Usually paired with a number (e.g. 7.5 tog, 13.5 tog) before the noun 'duvet'.
常見錯誤
2. Items of clothing, especially ones chosen for a specific sport, job, or hobby.
Items of clothing, especially ones chosen for a specific sport, job, or hobby.
Asher packed his football togs in the bag before heading to the match.
pattern: [sport] + togs
Layla put on her running togs and went out for her morning jog.
The school asks students to bring their gym togs for PE class.
Bao changed into his gardening togs before working on the fence.
Naoko forgot her riding togs and had to borrow some from a friend.
文法句型
[activity] + togs
用法筆記
Always plural when meaning 'clothes'. The singular 'tog' is not used for a single garment. Common in British everyday speech; less familiar to American English speakers.
常見錯誤
3. A piece of clothing worn for swimming; a swimsuit or swimming trunks.
A piece of clothing worn for swimming; a swimsuit or swimming trunks.
The children grabbed their togs and ran toward the hotel pool.
informal British: 'togs' for swimwear
Olivia realised she had left her togs at home before the beach trip.
Kemi bought new togs for her swimming lessons at the local pool.
Gabriel packed his togs and a towel for the afternoon swim.
- swimsuit
more formal and common internationally; standard term
- swimming costume
British term for a woman's swimsuit
- trunks
British term for a man's swimsuit
文法句型
togs (no modifier)
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 2 (CLOTHING): when used alone without a modifier (like 'swimming'), 'togs' means swimwear. With a modifier ('football togs', 'gym togs'), it refers to clothing for that activity.
常見錯誤
tog — verb
1. To put on clothes that suit a specific event or purpose, often with extra care o
To put on clothes that suit a specific event or purpose, often with extra care or style.
The children togged themselves up in warm coats before going outside.
reflexive: tog + oneself + up
Asher togged out in his best suit for the wedding ceremony.
intransitive: tog out
Nila togged herself in waterproof gear for the rainy hike.
The actors were all togged up in medieval costumes for the film.
Lukas togged up in his cycling clothes before the morning ride.
- dress up
standard term; 'tog up' is more informal and less common
- get togged up
full phrasal expression; same meaning but more colloquial
- outfit
can be used transitively; 'she outfitted the children' is neutral register
- strip off
opposite action; removing clothes
文法句型
tog + up/out
tog + oneself + up/out
be + togged + up/out
用法筆記
Most commonly appears in the past participle form 'togged up' or 'togged out'. The bare infinitive 'tog' without 'up/out' or a reflexive is very rare. Reflexive use ('togged himself up') is slightly old-fashioned.