seam

[si:m]

n.缝, 接缝
vt.缝合, 接合, 使有纹
vi.有裂缝

例句与用法:

An overcast stitch or seam.

包边缝纫的针脚或线缝

The valley is seamed with small streams of water.

山谷里布满小溪。

The seam of her skirt ripped.

她的裙子的接缝裂开了。

His face is seamed with age.

他因年老而满脸皱纹。

词形变化:

名词: seamer | 动词过去式: seamed | 动词过去分词: seamed | 动词现在分词: seaming | 动词第三人称单数: seams |

详细释义:

n.[C]

1. 缝; 接缝, 缝合处, 接合口; 裂缝

The split seams of the trousers have been sewed.

裤子绽开的线缝已经缝好。

2. 皱纹; 伤痕

3. 【地】层, 地层, 矿层

vt.

1. 缝合; 接合

She seamed two pieces of carpet together.

她将两块地毯缝在一起。

2. 使产生皱纹(或伤痕)

His face was seamed with sabre cuts.

他的脸上留有马刀砍下的伤痕。

vi.

产生裂缝

The fields dried and seamed in the heat.

农田在高温下干裂。


短语词组:

burst at the seams

1. 挤满

There were so many people that the hall was bursting at the seams.

人多极了, 会堂挤得水泄不通。

come/fall apart at the seams

1. 崩溃

Our relationship is falling apart at the seams.

我们的关系破裂了。