英语词汇“to turn a sheet sides to middle”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

With material from the sides interchanged with that in the middle; spec. (with reference to a worn sheet of bed linen) by being cut down the centre and resewn with the two halves interchanged, so that what were the sides become the middle, and the sheet's useful life is extended. Frequently in to turn a sheet sides to middle.

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sides to middle1842

1842 N.Y. Spectator 6 Apr. These sheets ought to have been turned sides into middle long ago.

1861 I. M. Beeton Bk. Househ. Managem. ii. 24 Sheets should be turned ‘sides to middle’ before they are allowed to get very thin.

1884 E. Nesbit Let. in D. Langley Moore E. Nesbit (1933) v. 71 I have done 2 sheets ‘sides into middle’.

1949 H. Ashton Parson Austen's Daughter viii. 309 She..had to sleep on sheets which had been turned side to middle.

1963 ‘J. M. Berrisford’ Gardening in Lime ii. 24 After six to eight weeks the whole [compost] heap may be turned, sides to middle, with the top material becoming the bottom.

1972 ‘S. Woods’ They love not Poison viii. 112 Jenny [was] diligently hemming a sheet that Mrs. Dibb wanted turned ‘sides to middle’.

2009 A. S. Byatt Children's Bk. (2010) 95 She darns their clothes and turns sheets sides-to-middle, and makes nourishing food.

单词	to turn a sheet sides to middle
释义	> as lemmas to turn a sheet sides to middle With material from the sides interchanged with that in the middle; spec. (with reference to a worn sheet of bed linen) by being cut down the centre and resewn with the two halves interchanged, so that what were the sides become the middle, and the sheet's useful life is extended. Frequently in to turn a sheet sides to middle. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > household linen > bedclothes > [adverb] > type of sheet sides to middle1842 1842 N.Y. Spectator 6 Apr. These sheets ought to have been turned sides into middle long ago. 1861 I. M. Beeton Bk. Househ. Managem. ii. 24 Sheets should be turned ‘sides to middle’ before they are allowed to get very thin. 1884 E. Nesbit Let. in D. Langley Moore E. Nesbit (1933) v. 71 I have done 2 sheets ‘sides into middle’. 1949 H. Ashton Parson Austen's Daughter viii. 309 She..had to sleep on sheets which had been turned side to middle. 1963 ‘J. M. Berrisford’ Gardening in Lime ii. 24 After six to eight weeks the whole [compost] heap may be turned, sides to middle, with the top material becoming the bottom. 1972 ‘S. Woods’ They love not Poison viii. 112 Jenny [was] diligently hemming a sheet that Mrs. Dibb wanted turned ‘sides to middle’. 2009 A. S. Byatt Children's Bk. (2010) 95 She darns their clothes and turns sheets sides-to-middle, and makes nourishing food. extracted from sides to middleadv.adj. < as lemmas
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