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seam n.缝；接缝vt.缝合；接合；使有纹vi.有裂缝 (1) 我们可以缝好脱线处，但不是补大洞。(2) 她的裙子的接缝裂开了。(3) 你不要用机器去缝制这件衬衣。(4) 她将两块地毯缝在一起。(5) 瓶身的接合线平滑。(6) 他因年老而满脸皱纹。(7) 山谷里布满小溪。(8) 农田在高温下干裂。 A garment that is coming to pieces will often first tear at the seams, the weakest parts. People use this image to describe anything that has reached a point where it is simply not holding together––your car could be falling apart at the seams, or if there's been a lot of stress in your life, you could be too — and you might have to move into a seamy neighborhood.

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英 [siːm] 美 [siːm] (1) We can mend a seam but not a big hole.(2) The seam of her skirt ripped.(3) You should seam up the shirt without using sewing-machine.(4) She seamed two pieces of carpet together.(5) The joint seam on the bottle body is smooth.(6) His face is seamed with age.(7) The valley is seamed with small streams of water.(8) The fields dried and seamed in the heat. When you sew two pieces of fabric together, the line you are sewing is the seam. Coal appears in long, linear underground deposits referred to as seams. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词](两块布的)缝，线缝，接缝 A seam is a line of stitches which joins two pieces of cloth together. 2[N-COUNT 可数名词]煤层 A seam of coal is a long, narrow layer of it underneath the ground.   [usu with supp]The average UK coal seam is one metre thick.英国煤层的平均厚度为 1 米。3[PHRASE 短语]停止正常运行；崩溃 If something is coming apart at the seams or is falling apart at the seams, it is no longer working properly and may soon stop working completely.   [V inflects]Britain's university system is in danger of falling apart at the seams.英国的大学体系面临分崩离析的危险。4[PHRASE 短语](场所)过于拥挤，人满为患 If a place is very full, you can say that it is bursting at the seams .   [V inflects]The hotels of Warsaw, Prague and Budapest were bursting at the seams.华沙、布拉格和布达佩斯的旅馆均是人满为患。

英语单词	seam
英美音标	英 [siːm] 美 [siːm]
中文释义	n.缝；接缝 vt.缝合；接合；使有纹 vi.有裂缝
英语例句	(1) We can mend a seam but not a big hole. (2) The seam of her skirt ripped. (3) You should seam up the shirt without using sewing-machine. (4) She seamed two pieces of carpet together. (5) The joint seam on the bottle body is smooth. (6) His face is seamed with age. (7) The valley is seamed with small streams of water. (8) The fields dried and seamed in the heat.
中文例句	(1) 我们可以缝好脱线处，但不是补大洞。 (2) 她的裙子的接缝裂开了。 (3) 你不要用机器去缝制这件衬衣。 (4) 她将两块地毯缝在一起。 (5) 瓶身的接合线平滑。 (6) 他因年老而满脸皱纹。 (7) 山谷里布满小溪。 (8) 农田在高温下干裂。
vocabulary简明	When you sew two pieces of fabric together, the line you are sewing is the seam. Coal appears in long, linear underground deposits referred to as seams.
vocabulary扩展	A garment that is coming to pieces will often first tear at the seams, the weakest parts. People use this image to describe anything that has reached a point where it is simply not holding together––your car could be falling apart at the seams, or if there's been a lot of stress in your life, you could be too — and you might have to move into a seamy neighborhood.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词](两块布的)缝，线缝，接缝 A seam is a line of stitches which joins two pieces of cloth together. 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]煤层 A seam of coal is a long, narrow layer of it underneath the ground. [usu with supp] The average UK coal seam is one metre thick. 英国煤层的平均厚度为 1 米。 3 [PHRASE 短语]停止正常运行；崩溃 If something is coming apart at the seams or is falling apart at the seams, it is no longer working properly and may soon stop working completely. [V inflects] Britain's university system is in danger of falling apart at the seams. 英国的大学体系面临分崩离析的危险。 4 [PHRASE 短语](场所)过于拥挤，人满为患 If a place is very full, you can say that it is bursting at the seams . [V inflects] The hotels of Warsaw, Prague and Budapest were bursting at the seams. 华沙、布拉格和布达佩斯的旅馆均是人满为患。

Seam Seamed Pieces Coal Falling Line Long Coming