stitchnoun詞源 1/stɪt͡ʃ/

• 1

  A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.

• 2

  medicinesciencesA single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.

  • I cut myself badly while cooking and needed to go to hospital to get stitches.
• 3

  An arrangement of stitches in sewing, or method of stitching in some particular way or style.

  • cross stitch
  • herringbone stitch
• 4

  An intense stabbing pain under the lower edge of the ribcage, brought on by exercise or laughing.

  • I've got a stitch. I'm going to have to stop and rest.
  • After about fifteen minutes I got terrible stitch.
• 5

  A local sharp pain (anywhere); an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle.

  • a stitch in the side
  • He was the next day taken with an oppreſſion, and as it ſeemed with a cold and with ſtitches, which was indeed a pluriſy.
• 6

  A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn

  • drop a stitch
  • take up a stitch
• 7

  An arrangement of stitches in knitting, or method of knitting in some particular way or style.

• 8

  A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle.

stitchverb詞源 2/stɪt͡ʃ/

• 1

  To form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches.

  • to stitch a shirt bosom.
• 2

  To sew, or unite or attach by stitches.

  • to stitch printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet.
  • With such focus from within the footballing community this week on Remembrance Sunday, there was something appropriate about Colchester being the venue for last night’s game. Troops from the garrison town formed a guard of honour for both sets of players, who emerged for the national anthem with poppies proudly stitched into their tracksuit jackets.
• 3

  To practice/practise stitching or needlework.

• 4

  agriculturebusinesslifestyleTo form land into ridges.

• 5

  To weld together through a series of connecting or overlapping spot welds.

  • You can prevent warping and get a very strong weld by stitching your pieces together.
  • For example, the butt joint can be welded with the continuous technique or the stitch technique.
• 6

  To include, combine, or unite into a single whole.

  • Whereas liturgically, in the sacramental narrative of the Cross, worshippers are stitched into a salvation story, cinema spectators are stitched into a narrative in which the ordinary guy overcomes the Other in an extraordinary situation.
  • However, it is the depth and breadth of your scholarship, your incisive and decisive writing, your numerous books exemplifying this masterful craftsmanship (I stopped counting after nineteen), your wit, and your relentless resolve to listen and get it right that are now stitched into my memories.
• 7

  computer-graphicscomputingengineeringTo include, combine, or unite into a single whole.

  • I can use this software to stitch together a panorama.
• 8

  To include, combine, or unite into a single whole.

  • One site, PearPop.com, hooks TikTok or Instagram influencers up with fans to create duetted or stitched videos that fans pay for. This can be an effective way to build followers fast.⁹ Model Leah Svoboda added 120,000 followers after a PearPop duet with megainfluencer Anna Shumate.¹⁰
  • She talks briefly about their park picnic and then inserts a cliffhanger: “I’m going to stitch this when we’re either in a relationship or he absolutely obliterates my self-esteem.” (Stitch is a creation tool that allows users to add new content to an existing video.)