Seam
[siːm] or [sim]
解释:
(noun.) joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces.
(noun.) a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit; 'he worked in the coal beds'.
(verb.) put together with a seam; 'seam a dress'.
埃尔维斯手打--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) Grease; tallow; lard.
(n.) The fold or line formed by sewing together two pieces of cloth or leather.
(n.) Hence, a line of junction; a joint; a suture, as on a ship, a floor, or other structure; the line of union, or joint, of two boards, planks, metal plates, etc.
(n.) A thin layer or stratum; a narrow vein between two thicker strata; as, a seam of coal.
(n.) A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.
(v. t.) To form a seam upon or of; to join by sewing together; to unite.
(v. t.) To mark with something resembling a seam; to line; to scar.
(v. t.) To make the appearance of a seam in, as in knitting a stocking; hence, to knit with a certain stitch, like that in such knitting.
(v. i.) To become ridgy; to crack open.
(n.) A denomination of weight or measure.
(n.) The quantity of eight bushels of grain.
(n.) The quantity of 120 pounds of glass.
整理:劳埃德
同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Suture, commissure, joint, line of juncture.[2]. Fissure, crevice.[3]. (Mining.) Thin layer, stratum, or bed; narrow vein.[4]. Scar, cicatrice, cicatrix.
v. a. [1]. Unite, join together.[2]. Scar, mark with scars.
校对:卡特里娜
解释:
n. (Shak.) grease hog's lard.—v.t. to grease.
n. a load for a pack-horse eight bushels of grain.
n. that which is sewed: a piece of plain sewing: the line formed by the sewing together of two pieces: a line of union: a vein or stratum of metal ore coal &c.: a suture: (geol.) a thin layer between thicker strata.—v.t. to unite by a seam: to sew: to make a seam in.—ns. Seam′er one who seams; Seam′ing-lace a galloon braiding gold lace &c. to sew upon seams in upholstery; Seam′ing-machine′ a power-tool for bending sheet-metal as required: a machine used to join fabrics lengthwise preparatory to printing &c.—adj. Seam′less without a seam: woven throughout.—ns. Seam′-press′er an implement used to press down the newly-ploughed furrow: a goose or iron used by tailors to flatten the seams of cloth; Seam′-rent a rent along a seam; Seam′-roll′er in leather-working a rubber for flattening down the edges of seams; Seam′-rubb′er; Seam′-set a grooved punch used by tinmen; Seam′ster one who sews:—fem. Seam′stress; Seam′stressy (Sterne) sewing.—adj. Seam′y having a seam or seams.—n. Seam′y-side the worst side or view of anything.—White seam (Scot.) underclothing in the process of making.
录入:库尔特
例句:
- They are put together with a double-lapped spiral seam to give expansion-resisting qualities, and as an additional precaution small metal rings are slipped on the outside. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- The intermittent grasp and feed of the cloth were hardly perceptible, and yet it permitted the cloth to be turned to make a curved seam. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- In that he claimed to be the first and original inventor of A sewing machine, constructed and operated to form a seam, substantially as described. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- Earl Stanhope had endeavoured in vain to construct inking rollers, for which purpose he tried skins and pelts of various kinds, but the seam proved an obstacle that he could not overcome. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
- But unless they mark the presence of a primary seam or join, we cannot pause now to examine any of these stitches. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- His machine progressed so well that by April, 1845, he found that it would sew a seam four yards long. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- A friction pad was also placed between the cloth seam and the spool, to prevent the thread from kinking or twisting under the point of the descending needle. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- Considerable skill is required to do this, as all the joints and seams must be rolled down smooth and firm to ensure a solid boot or shoe. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- His coat, that used to be so glossy and trim, was white at the seams, and the buttons showed the copper. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Howe sewed the seams of two woolen suits with it, one for himself, and one for Fisher, and it was declared that the mechanical sewing was so well done that it promised to outlast the cloth. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- The coal lay there in its seams, even though the seams were thin. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- I hope the seams hold. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- There are but three seams; you may do them in a trice. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- It might save some ice if the seams were all soldered. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
- The skin of her face was seamed and creased with a million deepcut furrows. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- Gone, too, was the horrid scar which had seamed it across, and the twisted lip which had given the repulsive sneer to the face! 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
整理:纳撒尼尔