seam
英 [si?m]
美 [sim]
- n. 縫；接縫
- vt. 縫合；接合；使留下傷痕
- vi. 裂開；產生裂縫
助記提示
1. 沒有他(t)堵住縫隙，蒸汽(steam)就會從縫隙(seam)中漏出去。
這里好象（seem）有接縫（seam）
2. Latin sutus, past participle of suere "to sew" => sew, suture, seam.
3. sew => seam.
4. 區分：seem, seam: 看到但是看得不真切的東西才是好像，所seem的前面是see；而seam的前面是sea, 而sea很像是各個大陸板塊的接縫、裂縫。
5. seam【細么】縫;接縫
6. 諧音“絲么、絲繆、絲抹”。
7. 諧音“撕幕”----撕裂的幕，需要縫補。
中文詞源
seam 接縫，線縫，縫隙來自古英語 seam,縫補，連接，來自 Proto-Germanic*saumaz,縫補，來自 PIE*syu,縫補，詞源
英文詞源
- seam
- seam: [OE] A seam is etymologically a joint made by ‘sewing’. The word goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *saumaz (source also of German saum, Dutch zoom, Swedish s?m, and Danish s?m), which was derived from the base *sau-, the ancestor of English sew.
=> sew - 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.
雙語例句
- 1. The average UK coal seam is one metre thick.
- 英國煤層的平均厚度為1米。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Tack them together with a 1.5 cm seam.
- 用1.5厘米的針腳將它們暫時縫上。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Use vinyl seam adhesive where vinyls overlap.
- 塑料布相疊處用塑料封口膠粘起來。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. They struck a rich seam of iron ore.
- 他們開出一個富鐵礦層。
來自《權威詞典》
- 5. The seam has split [ burst ] .
- 衣裳 綻 線了.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》