seam

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n. 缝合线, 衔接口, 接缝, 线缝, 伤疤 vt. 缝合, 接合, 焊合, 使留下伤痕 vi. 裂开, 发生裂痕

发音

US /siːm/
AU /siːm/

词形变化

seams 复数 seamed seaming seams 三单 seams seaming 现在分词 seamed 过去式 seamed 过去分词

别名

seme saim

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A folded-back and stitched piece of fabric; especially, the stitching that joins two or more pieces of fabric.

    接缝

    商务 工程
  2. 2.

    A suture.

    缝合

  3. 3.

    A thin stratum, especially of an economically viable material such as coal or mineral.

    地质
  4. 4.

    The stitched equatorial seam of a cricket ball; the sideways movement of a ball when it bounces on the seam.

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  5. 5.

    A joint formed by mating two separate sections of materials.

    商务 建筑 工程 航海 交通

    Seams can be made or sealed in a variety of ways, including adhesive bonding, hot-air welding, solvent welding, using adhesive tapes, sealant, etc.

  6. 6.

    A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.

  7. 7.

    A line of junction; a joint.

    比喻
  8. 1.

    An old English measure of grain, containing eight bushels.

    历史
  9. 2.

    An old English measure of glass, containing twenty-four weys of five pounds, or 120 pounds.

    历史
  10. 1.

    Grease; tallow; lard.

    英国 方言 废旧 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To put together with a seam.

    Thus, seamed with many scars, / Bursting these prison bars, / Up to its native stars / My soul ascended!

  2. 2.

    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.

  3. 3.

    To mark with a seam or line; to scar.

  4. 4.

    To crack open along a seam.

  5. 5.

    Of the ball, to move sideways after bouncing on the seam.

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  6. 6.

    Of a bowler, to make the ball move thus.

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词汇关系

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词源

From Middle English seem, seme, from Old English sēam (“seam”), from Proto-West Germanic *saum, from Proto-Germanic *saumaz (“that which is sewn”).

来源:wiktionary