请问这句里面的account of是什么意思？

cici_1025

OG中的一道句子改错题：

Elizabeth Barber, the author of both Prehistoric Textiles, acomprehensive work on cloth in the early cultures of the Mediterranean, and Women's Work, a more general account of earlycloth manufacture, is an authority on textiles in ancientsocieties.



请问该句中的account of 是什么意思呀？为什么不能用account about？
谢谢！

passat123

account of=speak of

cici_1025

passat123 发表于 2015-9-9 18:53
account of=speak of

哦哦 谢谢！

猪小王

an account of early cloth manufacture的意思是早期服装制造的一种解释。account在这里是description的同义词。