Sew
[səʊ] or [so]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) fasten by sewing; do needlework.
(verb.) create (clothes) with cloth; 'Can the seamstress sew me a suit by next week?'.
坎迪編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy.
(v. t.) To follow; to pursue; to sue.
(v. t.) To unite or fasten together by stitches, as with a needle and thread.
(v. t.) To close or stop by ssewing; -- often with up; as, to sew up a rip.
(v. t.) To inclose by sewing; -- sometimes with up; as, to sew money in a bag.
(v. i.) To practice sewing; to work with needle and thread.
(v. t.) To drain, as a pond, for taking the fish.
卡梅拉整理
同義詞及近義詞：
v. n. Work with needle and thread.
v. a. Stitch, BASTE.
錄入:温德尔
解釋/意思:
v.t. (Spens.) to follow to solicit.
v.t. to join or fasten together with a needle and thread.—v.i. to practise sewing.—ns. Sew′er; Sew′ing; Sew′ing-cott′on cotton thread for sewing; Sew′ing-machine′ a machine for sewing and stitching upon cloth leather &c. operated by any power.—Sew up one's stocking to put one to silence.—Be sewed or sewed up to be stranded of a ship: (coll.) to be brought to a stand-still to be ruined: to be tipsy.
斐迪南整理
例句/造句/用法:
- If I sew, I cannot listen; if I listen, I cannot sew. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- If you ask, they would answer, sew and cook. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Each lady contributor takes it in her turn to keep the basket a month, to sew for it, and to foist off its contents on a shrinking male public. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Stuff and sew this piece of sheepskin for me, while I get the paper ready for the printing. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- By way of change, and also of doing good, she would sew--make garments for the poor, according to good Miss Ainley's direction. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- She could read and write, embroider and sew, beautifully; and was a beautiful singer. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Sewn in the breast of her gown, the money to pay for her burial was still intact. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- He has sewn up ever so many odalisques in sacks and tilted them into the Nile. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- One by one, well-accustomed books, volumes sewn in familiar coverswere taken out and put back hopeless: they had no charm; they could not comfort. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Not a penny had been added to the money sewn in her dress: what her honest spirit had so long projected, was fulfilled. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Her jacket was black, with black beads sewn upon it, and a fringe of little black jet ornaments. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- Bean for a sewing machine in which the needle was stationary, and the cloth was gathered in crimps or folds and forced over the stationary needle. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Painting, chopping wood, hammering, plowing, washing, scrubbing, sewing, are all forms of work. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Leather Sewing Machines of Greenough and Corliss, 1842-43. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- You are very diligent at that sewing, Miss Caroline, continued the girl, approaching her little table. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- In the early days of the sewing machine its sales were chiefly for family use, but this is now no longer the case. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Then a machine was needed and invented to wind the corn-brush with the cord or wire and tie it in a round bunch, preparatory to flattening and sewing it. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Sewed into my gown,' with her hand upon her breast, 'is just enough to lay me in the grave. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- So, then, ye'r fairly sewed up, an't ye? 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- The women, like his own wife, who had sewed by day and night, were saved their strength and vision, and the slavery of the clothing factories, notorious in those days, was inestimably lightened. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The other pack was already sewed. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- The little Countess promised an exception: she sewed till she was tired of sewing, and then she took a book. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- The stripes were parallel silver lines on a black background sewed to the cloth of the sleeve about eight inches below the shoulder. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- Yes, sir: there is a woman who sews here, called Grace Poole,--she laughs in that way. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Bright afternoon thus wears into soft evening, and she comes home to a late tea, and after tea she never sews. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Yes, plainly: I often hear her: she sews in one of these rooms. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
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