seam
英 [siːm]
美 [sim]
- n. 缝；接缝
- vt. 缝合；接合；使留下伤痕
- vi. 裂开；产生裂缝
助记提示
1. 没有他(t)堵住缝隙，蒸汽(steam)就会从缝隙(seam)中漏出去。
这里好象（seem）有接缝（seam）
2. Latin sutus, past participle of suere "to sew" => sew, suture, seam.
3. sew => seam.
4. 区分：seem, seam: 看到但是看得不真切的东西才是好像，所seem的前面是see；而seam的前面是sea, 而sea很像是各个大陆板块的接缝、裂缝。
5. seam【细么】缝;接缝
6. 谐音“丝么、丝缪、丝抹”。
7. 谐音“撕幕”----撕裂的幕，需要缝补。
中文词源
seam 接缝，线缝，缝隙来自古英语 seam,缝补，连接，来自 Proto-Germanic*saumaz,缝补，来自 PIE*syu,缝补，词源
英文词源
- 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 söm, and Danish søm), 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.
双语例句
- 1. The average UK coal seam is one metre thick.
- 英国煤层的平均厚度为1米。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Tack them together with a 1.5 cm seam.
- 用1.5厘米的针脚将它们暂时缝上。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Use vinyl seam adhesive where vinyls overlap.
- 塑料布相叠处用塑料封口胶粘起来。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. They struck a rich seam of iron ore.
- 他们开出一个富铁矿层。
来自《权威词典》
- 5. The seam has split [ burst ] .
- 衣裳 绽 线了.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》