| 释义 |
[ men-ding ] / ˈmɛn dɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR mending ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe act of a person or thing that mends. articles, especially clothes, to be mended: Grandmother always kept her mending in this wicker basket. Origin of mendingMiddle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at mend, -ing1 Words nearby mendingMendes, Mendès-France, mendicancy, mendicant, mendicity, mending, Mendips, Mendocino, mend one's fences, mend one's ways, Mendota Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for mendingSo, he decided to give the church a chance, if not just for the sake of mending his relationship with his mother. Beaten By His Church for Being Gay|Justin Jones|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST For years, Schmidt lived in poverty, eating beans and mending his clothes with flour sacks. The Mole Man’s Tunnel to Nowhere|Nina Strochlic|November 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST London may as well also require that cabbies master the art of saddling a horse and mending a harness. As Europe Now Sees, Resisting Uber Is Futile|Jim Epstein|June 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST It is coming together now, mending, he sees it in paragraphs, is almost afraid to sleep for losing the connections. Pete Dexter’s Indelible Portrait of Author Norman Maclean|Pete Dexter|March 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One recent survey showed a clear majority believed that neither party was capable of mending “Broken Britain.” David Cameron’s Holiday Boost|William Underhill|September 2, 2011|DAILY BEAST Mrs. Lewis sewed, that afternoon, on his jacket, mending it up more neatly than ever before. Tip Lewis and His Lamp|Pansy Gilray used to boast of a way of mending a hole in a tobacco-pouch that was better than sewing. My Lady Nicotine|J. M. Barrie I can't sew a stitch on account of my eyes, so you'll have to see to the making and mending of their clothes. Anne Of Avonlea|Lucy Maud Montgomery The same fate overtook a man who fell out of his boat when mending the ferry cable. Across the Prairie in a Motor Caravan|Frances Halton Eva Hasell Her patient is mending, and none besides in the house is sick. The Sign Of The Red Cross|Evelyn Everett-Green
British Dictionary definitions for mending
nounsomething to be mended, esp clothes Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to mendingrepair, curing, adjustment, fixing, remodeling, helping, restoration, renovation, refreshing, alteration, renewing, rectifying, renovating, remedying, relieving, tinkering, reviving, rebuilding, bettering, enhancing |