Hem



GRE 蓝宝 Barron TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.包围; 袖边, 边缘
• ［英］ v.包围 ( surround tightly)
• ［类］ hem : garment / ruffle : shirt / molding : cabinet ( 折边装饰服装 / 褶皱装饰衬衫 / 木纹装饰壁橱)
• ［例］ at the hem of the sea ( 在海边)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Middle High German hemmen to hem in, Armenian kamel to press
• Date: before 12th century
• 1. a border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down
• 2. rim, margin <bright green hem of reeds about the ponds — R. M. Lockley>

II. verb (hemmed; hemming)

• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to finish with a hem
    • b. border, edge
  • 2. to surround in a restrictive manner ; confine — usually used with in<hemmed in by enemy troops>
• intransitive verb
  • to make a hem in sewing
• ? hemmer noun

III. intransitive verb (hemmed; hemming)

• Date: 15th century
• 1. to utter the sound represented by hem <hemmed and hawed before answering>
• 2. equivocate <the administration hemmed and hawed over the students' demands>

IV. interjection

• Etymology: imitative
• — often used to indicate a vocalized pause in speaking

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