单词 | seam |
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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 | 无 |
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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