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The bottom edge of a piece of clothing, like a skirt or trousers, folded over and sewn so it doesn't fray. As a verb, "to hem" means to that edge. The phrase "hem and haw" means to hesitate and avoid giving a clear answer, and "hemmed in" means surrounded, with no way out.
(衣服的)下擺、褶邊;縫邊
原始詞典資料11 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Hemname
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A surname.
hemintj詞源 1/hɛm/
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Used to fill in the gap of a pause with a vocalized sound.
- "Hem! hem! however there will be a by-place for me behind the stove."
hemnoun詞源 1/hɛm/
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An utterance or sound of the voice like "hem", often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention.
- his morning hems
hemverb詞源 1/hɛm/
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To make the sound expressed by the word hem; to hesitate in speaking.
- Hem, and stroke thy beard.
- “Sit down,” said the young man, gruffly. “He’ll be in soon.” I obeyed; and hemmed, and called the villain Juno, who deigned, at this second interview, to move the extreme tip of her tail, in token of owning my acquaintance.
hemnoun詞源 2/hɛm/
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businessmanufacturingsewingThe border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together to finish the edge and prevent it from fraying.
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A rim or margin of something.
- Entombed upon the very hem o' th' sea
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In sheet metal design, a rim or edge folded back on itself to create a smooth edge and to increase strength or rigidity.
hemverb詞源 2/hɛm/
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businessmanufacturingsewingTo make a hem.
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To put hem on an article of clothing, to edge or put a border on something.
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To shut in, enclose, confine; to surround something or someone in a confining way.
- A small yard hemmed about by a tall hedge.
- He’s in the saddle now. Fall in! Steady, the whole brigade! Hill’s at the ford, cut off — we’ll win his way out, ball and blade! What matter if our shoes are worn? What matter if our feet are torn? “Quick step! We’re with him before the morn!” That’s “Stonewall Jackson’s Way.” The sun’s bright lances rout the mists of morning, and by George! Here’s Longstreet struggling in the lists, hemmed in an ugly gorge. Pope and his Yankees, whipped before, “Bay’nets and grape!” hear Stonewall roar; “Charge, Stuart! Pay off Ashby’s score!” in “Stonewall Jackson’s Way.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。