hem

英[hem]美[hem]
  • n. 褶边
  • vt. 缝边；包围；约束

    • 记忆方法

    词源记忆法
    来自 PIE * kem, 压进，压缩，引申词义褶边，卷边。
      noun(名词)
      1. （衣服等的）褶边，边
      verb(动词)
      1. 给…缝褶边

    双解例句

    noun(名词)
    1. （衣服等的）褶边，边

      I took the hem up/let the hem down.

      我把褶边改短／放长。

    verb(动词)
    1. 给…缝褶边

      I need to hem those curtains.

      我得给那些窗帘缝上褶边。

    小知识

    When kids grow taller, their parents sometimes have to let out the hem in their pants so they'll be long enough. The hem is the very bottom, folded edge of a piece of clothing.

    Most of your clothes have at least one hem in them — at the ends of your sleeves, the bottom of your skirt, or along the edge of your t-shirt. When a person sews a hem, whether he's making a dress or a pair of curtains, he folds a very small amount of fabric under two or three times and stitches along the edge in a straight line. In Old English, the word hem means “a border.”

    实用短语

    1. uneven hem

      底边起绺

    2. hem cuff

      反脚

    3. empty hem

      边缘缺棉,边沿缺棉,抽窿

    4. baby hem

      小折边,就是很窄的双折压明线

    5. cuff hem

      袖口折边,类似介英的衣脚,下摆,类似袖头的下摆或裤脚

    6. bottom hem

      下摆折边,底卷边,下摆,衫脚

    7. wrinkles at hem

      底边起皱

    8. cuffed bottom hem

      反脚,翻贴边裤脚,假反脚,脚级

    9. tailor's hem

      布馒头,布白馍

    常用短语

    1. hem and haw

      支支吾吾；哼哼哈哈；犹豫

    2. bottom hem

      下摆卷边；底卷边

    单词用法

    词语辨析
    hem，circle，encompass，environ，gird，girdle，ring，surround。
    这组词的共同含义是“围绕”。它们的区别是：surround指成环状包围，有时也指形成某种环境或边界；environ强调永久或长期地被包围；circle强调合围成一个实在的封圈，也指环绕某物、某处运行；encompass指出于保护、尊敬或敌视等动机把某人或某地包围起来；gird指围成一道牢固或不可突破的屏障；girdle则暗示形成带状围绕；ring指围成一个圈。
    词源考究
    来自PIE*kem，压进，压缩，引申词义褶边，卷边。

    同义词

    edge  /  rim  /  border