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单词 mending
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Definition of mending in English:

mending

noun ˈmɛndɪŋˈmɛndɪŋ
mass noun
  • Things to be repaired by sewing or darning.

    a muddle of books and mending
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Wednesday I stayed inside entirely and did some mending which had been waiting for me for a while.
    • She was torn between seeing what Scott was up to and getting caught up on her mending, which had piled up during the frenzied preparations for the fair.
    • Burginde was alone, sitting on her stool over some mending.
    • ‘Once a week they had Troops Day when they could bring their mending,’ she says.
    • She glared at Glint, who was crossing the deck with an armload of mending, causing the semi-innocent lass to hurry off guiltily.
    • Her mother looked up as if startled, then shook her head and returned her attention back to her mending.
    • Elli trounced out, and Melida called after her, ‘Don't forget the mending!’
    • If someone didn't want to bring their mending to us, there were two ladies Mrs. J. and Mrs. S. who ‘sewed for the public.’
    • Now baffled, she walked back towards the table and sat, resuming her mending without another word to him.
    • I was growing up to learn that sitting stretched out on a bed with somebody else's mending was really for people who have no ambition and no plans.
    • I would so rather pay someone to (for example) finish all the mending in my sewing pile than worry about never ticking it off my list!
    Synonyms
    resolution, settlement, rectification
 
 

Definition of mending in US English:

mending

nounˈmɛndɪŋˈmendiNG
  • Things to be repaired by sewing or darning.

    a muddle of books and mending
    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘Once a week they had Troops Day when they could bring their mending,’ she says.
    • Elli trounced out, and Melida called after her, ‘Don't forget the mending!’
    • Wednesday I stayed inside entirely and did some mending which had been waiting for me for a while.
    • If someone didn't want to bring their mending to us, there were two ladies Mrs. J. and Mrs. S. who ‘sewed for the public.’
    • I would so rather pay someone to (for example) finish all the mending in my sewing pile than worry about never ticking it off my list!
    • She glared at Glint, who was crossing the deck with an armload of mending, causing the semi-innocent lass to hurry off guiltily.
    • Burginde was alone, sitting on her stool over some mending.
    • She was torn between seeing what Scott was up to and getting caught up on her mending, which had piled up during the frenzied preparations for the fair.
    • Her mother looked up as if startled, then shook her head and returned her attention back to her mending.
    • I was growing up to learn that sitting stretched out on a bed with somebody else's mending was really for people who have no ambition and no plans.
    • Now baffled, she walked back towards the table and sat, resuming her mending without another word to him.
    Synonyms
    resolution, settlement, rectification
 
 
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