| 单词 | hem |
| 释义 | hem (once / 654 pages) 1nv 2nv When kids grow taller, their parents sometimes have to let out the hem in their pants so they'll be long enough. The hem is the very bottom, folded edge of a piece of clothing. Most of your clothes have at least one hem in them — at the ends of your sleeves, the bottom of your skirt, or along the edge of your t-shirt. When a person sews a hem, whether he's making a dress or a pair of curtains, he folds a very small amount of fabric under two or three times and stitches along the edge in a straight line. In Old English, the word hem means "a border." WORD FAMILYhem: hemmed, hemming, hems USAGE EXAMPLESA quick glance at catwalk signs for 2017 shows that the hems of women's skirts will be falling - to just below the knee. BBC(Jan 01, 2017) After some hemming and hawing that involved five publicists — welcome to Hollywood — the Stallone family declined my requests for interviews. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) Her fingers moved quickly, deftly, as though she were pinning a hem. The New Yorker(Dec 22, 2016) 1 1n the edge of a piece of cloth; especially the finished edge that has been doubled under and stitched down the hem of her dress was stained let down the hem he stitched weights into the curtain's hem it seeped along the hem of his jacket Hyper edge the outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place farthest away from the center of something 2v fold over and sew together to provide with a hem 2hem my skirt Hyper run up, sew, sew together, stitch fasten by sewing; do needlework 1n the utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat; intended to get attention, express hesitancy, fill a pause, hide embarrassment, warn a friend, etc. Syn|Hyper ahem utterance, vocalization the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication 2v utter `hem' or `ahem' Hyper emit, let loose, let out, utter express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words) |
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