| 单词 | stitch |
| 释义 | stitch (once / 535 pages) nv When a needle pulls thread through fabric and into a loop, that's a stitch. Every quilt, no matter how elaborate, starts with a single stitch. You can stitch a design on a pillow, or stitch up a hole in your jeans using stitches. Doctors sometimes stitch up patients' skin, too — if you cut yourself badly enough, you might need stitches. Another kind of stitch is a painful cramp in your stomach or side: "I stopped running when I got a stitch." If someone says, "I haven't got a stitch to wear," they're short on clothing. And being "in stitches" means laughing uncontrollably. WORD FAMILYstitch: stitched, stitcher, stitchery, stitches, stitching+/stitcher: stitchers/stitching: stitchings USAGE EXAMPLESHill received stitches for a lower lip laceration and underwent concussion testing. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) He earned 4 cents for every label, 2 cents for stitching across the shoulders, 10 cents for a pocket. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Playing armchair product planner, I’d throw a modest amount of money at the dashboard and door panels for some stitching and lighting. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1n a link or loop or knot made by an implement in knitting, crocheting, embroidery, or sewing Hypo|Hyper crochet stitch any one of a number of stitches made by pulling a loop of yarn through another loop with a crochet needle knitting stitcha stitch taken in knitting embroidery stitch, sewing stitcha stitch made with thread and a threaded sewing needle through fabric or leather backstitchan overlapping stitch made by starting the next stitch at the middle of the preceding one bargello, flame stitchneedlepoint embroidery stitch that produces zigzag lines baste, basting, basting stitch, tackinga loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together blanket stitcha strong reinforcing stitch for edges of blanket and other thick material; similar to buttonhole stitch buttonhole stitcha reinforcing looped stitch for edges, as around a buttonhole chain stitcha looped stitch resembling the links of a chain; used in embroidery and in sewing chain stitchthe most basic of all crochet stitches made by pulling a loop of yarn through another loop cross-stitchtwo stitches forming a cross or X double crochet, double stitcha kind of crochet stitch faggot stitch, fagot stitchthe stitch that ties a group of parallel threads together in fagoting French knota stitch made by looping the thread several times around the needle before inserting it into the fabric garter stitcha knitting stitch that results in a pattern of horizontal ridges formed by knitting both sides (instead of purling one side) gros pointa needlepoint stitch covering two horizontal and two vertical threads hemming-stitcha stitch used in sewing hems on skirts and dresses hemstitch, hemstitchinga stitch in which parallel threads are drawn and exposed threads are caught together in groups knit, knit stitch, plain, plain stitcha basic knitting stitch machine stitch, sewing-machine stitcha sewing stitch made by a sewing machine, sometimes using more than one thread overhand stitcha stitch passing over an edge vertically petit point, tent stitcha small diagonal needlepoint stitch picotan edging of small loops, as on lace or ribbon purl, purl stitcha basic knitting stitch quiltingstitching through layers of fabric and a filling so as to create a design running stitchsmall, even, hand stitches run in and out saddle stitcha decorative overcast or running stitch, especially in a contrasting color satin stitchflat stitches worked so closely as to resemble satin shell stitcha crochet stitch single crochet, single stitcha crochet stitch slip stitcha loose stitch catching only a thread or two of fabric; designed to be invisible from the right side stockinette stitchknitting stitch having alternate rows of knit stitches and purl stitches, producing a fabric as for stockings tailor's tacka loose, looped, sewing stitch used to transfer marking for darts, etc., from a pattern to material whipping, whipstitch, whipstitchinga sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally sewing, stitchery needlework on which you are working with needle and thread 2n a sharp spasm of pain in the side resulting from running Hyper hurting, pain a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder 3v fasten by sewing; do needlework Syn|Hypo|Hyper run up, sew, sew together hem fold over and sew together to provide with a hem resewsew again overcastsew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next overcastsew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches backstitchdo backstitches gather, pucker, tuckdraw together into folds or puckers finedrawsew together very finely fellsew a seam by folding the edges baste, tacksew together loosely, with large stitches hemstitchsew with hemstitches retick, ticksew cast onmake the first row of stitches when knitting cast offmake the last row of stitches when knitting oversewsew (two edges) with close stitches that pass over them both fasten, fix, secure cause to be firmly attached |
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