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Seam Water Coming Boat English Cognates Dutch German

单词 seam
音标 [si:m]
解释 n.缝,接缝
红宝书 【英】 n. 缝,接缝(line along which two edges are joined)
【记】 Water was coming in through the seams of the boat.
【例】 Water was coming in through the seams of the boat.
字源 seam (n.)
Old English seam "seam, suture, junction," from Proto-Germanic *saumaz (cognates: Old Frisian sam "hem, seam," Old Norse saumr, Middle Dutch som, Dutch zoom, Old High German soum, German Saum "hem"), from PIE root *syu- "to sew, to bind" (cognates: Old English siwian, Latin suere, Sanskrit syuman; see sew).Chidynge and reproche ... vnsowen the semes of freendshipe in mannes herte. [Chaucer, "Parson's Tale," c.1386]Meaning "raised band of stitching on a ball" is recorded from 1888. Geological use is from 1590s.
seam (v.)
1580s, from seam (n.). Related: Seamed; seaming.
不择手段背单词
趣味全助记 【记】seal 是将缝seam封起来,seam是紧跟在seal后面的单词

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