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seam

/seem/US // sim //UK // (siːm) //

缝合,缝隙,缝,缝制

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
    • : the stitches used to make such a line.
    • : any line formed by abutting edges.
    • : any linear indentation or mark, as a wrinkle or scar.
    • : Knitting. a line of stitches formed by purling.
    • : Geology. a comparatively thin stratum; a bed, as of coal.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to join with or as if with stitches; make the seam or seams of.
    • : to furrow; mark with wrinkles, scars, etc.
    • : Knitting. to knit with or in a seam.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to become cracked, fissured, or furrowed.
    • : Knitting. to make a line of stitches by purling.

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Examples

  • We are bursting at the seams already while trying to maintain some semblance of social distancing working under these incredible stress levels.

  • The flatlock seams made it as comfortable in bed as any of the other tops.

  • The kit comes with a good variety of basics including needles, threads, scissors, buttons, a thimble, a needle threader, and a seam ripper.

  • Kit comes with 14 large thread spools, 4 specialty thread spools, 12 threaded bobbins, 12 empty bobbins, a small pair of scissors, pins, buttons, needle threaders, a seam ripper, and a mini pin cushion.

  • They’re designed with a patented wave-design seam for extra stability, and they’re compostable, too.

  • Fumbleroooohski…'” (39) “'Look at me, ungh, splitting my own seam, oohh… going deep.

  • Roll the pork over the stuffing, like a jelly roll, until the seam is facing down and the fat back is on top.

  • You sense that Farrow out in the field reporting will be a potential strong seam.

  • For a number of years, we lived in the Abu Tor neighborhood, right on the seam of East and West Jerusalem.

  • There is no doubt that Obama is tapping, here, into a rich seam of public discontent.

  • She essayed to sew, and stitched up a seam wrong side out, and ran the point of the needle under her finger nail.

  • The cone is made of metal—tin, brass or copper—which can be nickelplated, the seam being soldered.

  • The use of a hazel-rod to trace the existence of water or of a seam of coal seems a survival of this practice.

  • "There's a seam of cryolite in the Eastern Hills, according to the old maps," said Lake.

  • The smooth, unbreakable walls; the thin seam of the door; the thermometer.