英语词汇“hem”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	hem
释义	hem I. \ˈhem\ pronoun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English him, heom, dative of hīe they — more at he 1. dialect : them 2. obsolete : themselves II. noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English hem, hemm, from Old English; akin to Old Norse hemja to hem in, restrain, Old Frisian hemma to hinder, Middle High German hemmen to hem in, restrain, hamen to hem in, restrain, Armenian kamel to press, squeeze, Russian kom lump, ball 1. a. : a finished edge of a cloth article (as a skirt, sleeve, curtain, napkin, stocking) made by rolling or folding back an edge and stitching it down b. : an edge usually folded back and fastened down on articles of sheet metal, plastic, rubber, leather 2. a. : border < bright green hem of reeds about the ponds — R.M.Lockley > b. : edge < hem of the sea — Shakespeare > < the polar hem — Emily Dickinson > 3. : the raised rim of a volute of an Ionic capital III. verb (hemmed ; hemmed ; hemming ; hems) Etymology: Middle English hemmen, from hem, hemm, n. *transitive verb* 1. a. : to finish with a plain or decorative hem < hemmed just above the ankle — Women's Wear Daily > b. : border, edge 2. : to enclose or confine with or as if with a ring around or arc before usually preventing or hindering access, free activity, growth, or escape — usually used with in < body of water, hemmed in on all sides by evergreen forests — American Guide Series: New Hampshire > < the regiment now found itself hemmed in by its own mine fields — P.W.Thompson > *intransitive verb* : to make hems in sewing Synonyms: see surround IV. intransitive verb (hemmed ; hemmed ; hemming ; hems) : to utter the sound represented by hem < hemmed ominously as he always did when he was about to relieve his mind — W.A.White > — often used with haw < hem and haw and put it off, apparently in the hope that things will pick up — Clifford Aucoin > < hemmed and hawed, and then pointed out that the trouble was obviously connected with our consignment — F.W.Crofts > V. \“; as an interjection a throat-clearing sound\ noun (-s) Etymology: imitative : a vocalized pause in speaking < after clearing the husk in his throat with two or three hems — T.L.Peacock > : an instance of uttering this sound < would use a peculiar rap at the door, and give four loud hems — Oliver Goldsmith > — often used interjectionally to call attention, to warn, or to express hesitation or doubt; compare hum III VI. archaic and dialect variant of him VII. dialect England variant of hame VIII. variant of heme
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