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单词 sewing
释义
sewingsew‧ing /ˈsəʊɪŋ $ ˈsoʊ-/ ●○○ noun [uncountable] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • The quilt was a truly beautiful piece of sewing.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • All of them can then double as a desk, homework table, sewing or drawing table.
  • Dressmaking and sewing machines are totally foreign to many would-be kite flyers.
  • I'd usually leave the washing until Sunday, also the sewing and mending.
  • I taught on all makes of machine and have also worked in stores and at exhibitions, selling knitting and sewing machines.
  • It was an evening when I knew Lily went to a weekly patriotic sewing and knitting circle in a near-by parish hall.
  • She would have her hair nicely done and I might be doing a bit of sewing.
  • The sewing industry in Saratov reported that its factories were closing in January through lack of demand for its products.
  • The tent-pole bag was torn, so I put it on one side with the sewing kit.
word sets
WORD SETS
appliqué, nounbaste, verbbobbin, nounbodkin, nouncable-knit, adjectivechain stitch, nouncotton, nouncrochet, verbcross-stitch, nounembroider, verbembroidery, nouneye, nounfancywork, nounneedle, nounneedlepoint, nounneedlewoman, nounneedlework, nounpatchwork, nounpattern, nounplain, nounpurl, nounquilting, nounribbing, nounsampler, nounseamstress, nounsew, verbsewing, nounsewing machine, nounspinning wheel, nounstitch, nountack, nountack, verbtatting, nounthread, verbunpick, verb
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
· Can I borrow your sewing machine to make some curtains?
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· Dressmaking and sewing machines are totally foreign to many would-be kite flyers.· If I do another cardigan in this way I shall do two or even three lines on the sewing machine.· A single strand of technological evolution connects electronic sewing machines, electronic typewriters, and flexible electronic workstations.· My father died among old sewing machines, echo of bridges and water in his hand.· I find a zig-zag tends to pucker the fabric, but this may differ with makes of sewing machine.· One of them provides income-earning assets to families: sewing machines, for example.· When we moved we had one armchair and a sewing machine.· She searched the attic, and found a hammer lying between a sewing machine and a stuffed bird.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • I don't mean sermons, or those awful sewing bees we used to have.
1the activity or skill of making or repairing clothes or decorating cloth with a needle and thread2something you are sewing:  Imogen sighed and picked up her sewing.
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