hems

英 [hemz]

美 [hemz]

n.  (衣服等的)褶边，卷边
v.  (给某物)缝边，镶边
hem的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• （衣物等的）褶边，卷边;（裙子的）下摆
  Ahemon something such as a piece of clothing is an edge that is folded over and stitched down to prevent threads coming loose. Thehemof a skirt or dress is the bottom edge.
• VERB 缝…的褶边;给…镶边
  If youhemsomething, you form a hem along its edge.
  1. Turn under and hem the outer edges...
     翻下来缝外侧的边。
  2. Each dress is hemmed and scrupulously checked for imperfections.
     每条连衣裙都缝上了褶边，并经过严格的检查，不允许有任何瑕疵。
• hem and haw→ see:haw

双语例句

• In Fayette County, Ga., the dress code requires that when girls stand with arms at their sides, hems must fall below the fingertips.
  在乔治亚州的菲亚特县，著衣规则要求女生在两手垂放身体两侧站立时，裙边应盖过中指。
• Mama put on white mourning clothes. A white robe without stitched hems was placed over my red jacket. I remember because I kept breaking off the loose white threads along the edges.
  妈妈穿上白衣，我的红祆上也罩了个没缝襟边的白袍，我记得，因为不断地撕扯襟边上的白丝儿。
• Our vision helped us turn many of our Hems into Haws.
  这种景象使许多的哼哼变成了唧唧。
• Our Hems told us they wanted to work in a place that was safe, so the changes needed to make sense to them and increase their sense of security.
  我们在哼哼们说，他们想要一个安全的环境下工作，所以，变化应在他们所能接受的范围内并增加安全感。
• The tumor cells produce a whole range of proteases that degrade the proteins of the extracellular matrix that hems them in, part of which is the basement membrane.
  这些肿瘤细胞产生了一整系列的蛋白酶，能降解包围它们的细胞外基质蛋白，这也是部分的基底膜。
• In good economies, we get such results as miniskirts ( as seen in the 1960s), or in poor economic times, as shown by the 1929 Wall Street Crash, hems can drop to the ankle almost overnight.
  经济状况好的时候，满大街都是超短裙（比如上世纪60年代）；而经济不景气的时候，比如1929年的华尔街大衰退，裙摆可以在一夜之间长及脚踝。
• "What did you do with the Hems who didn't change '?" Frank wanted to know.
  “对那些没有改变的哼哼，你们怎么办呢？”弗兰克问道。
• A stitch used in sewing hems on skirts and dresses.
  缝制裙子或礼服边时用的一种缝法。
• You can always unpick the hems on the dungarees if you don't like them.
  如果你不喜欢，你可以把工作服的褶边拆掉。
• It can be sewn into curtain hems to weight the curtain and so allow it to hang better.
  可以把它缝到窗帘的褶边里增加重量，使窗帘更有垂感。