单词 | seamless |
释义 | seamless (once / 7229 pages) adj Something seamless could literally be a piece of clothing without seams, but it's usually something else that's smooth or unbroken, like a seamless transition. Seamless things are connected so well that you can't see what's holding them together. They're flowing, consistent, and well-put-together. If an employee leaves, and the replacement does a great job immediately, that's a seamless transition. In basketball, if a team goes from offense to defense without missing a beat, that's seamless play. And that underwear that seems to be made out of one piece of material? Seamless. And super comfortable. WORD FAMILYseamless: seamlessly+/seam: seamed, seaming, seamless, seams, seamster, seamy/seamed: unseamed/seamster: seamsters/seamy: seamier, seamiest USAGE EXAMPLES“Players don’t move as seamlessly as they do in basketball or baseball; that’s why there are so many free agent fails in football.” Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Tatum missed eight games, but seamlessly fit into Duke’s operation when he returned for victories over Maine, Florida and UNLV. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) We want what’s familiar above all else, and we want it seamlessly beamed to each and every one of our many devices simultaneously. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) 1adj not having or joined by a seam or seams seamless stockings Syn|Ant broadloom (of rugs or carpets) woven full width circular-knitknitted in tubular form unseamedhaving no seams seamed having or joined by a seam or seams seamyshowing a seam sewed, sewn, stitchedfastened with stitches 2adj perfectly consistent and coherent the novel's seamless plot Syn coherent, consistent, logical, ordered marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts 3adj smooth, especially of skin Syn unlined, unseamed smooth having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities |
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