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单词 hemming
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hemming in British English

present participle of verb
hem1 (sense 3), hem1 (sense 4), hem2 (sense 2)
 

hem in British English 1

(hɛm)
noun
1. 
an edge to a piece of cloth, made by folding the raw edge under and stitching it down
2.  short for hemline
verbWord forms: hems, hemming or hemmed (transitive)
3. 
to provide with a hem
4. (usually foll by in, around, or about)
to enclose or confine
Word origin
Old English hemm; related to Old Frisian hemme enclosed land

Examples of 'hemming' in a sentence
hemming

I could picture us sitting on the back row hemming garments sold in the shop.
Anita Anderson SOMEBODY (2002)
Computers had proved to be just another form of land-mines, hemming him in.
Jon Cleary YESTERDAY'S SHADOW (2002)
Procrastinus.com seeks to explain just why 'hemming and hawing is a way of life'.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
She presses on when all the weak men are hemming and hawing.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
They might inspire us to challenge the limitations currently hemming in the human lifespan.
The Times Literary Supplement (2013)
Nothing is ever straight when it comes to hemming.
The Sun (2016)
Now you can sew up the hem using a secure blind hemming stitch.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Measure the width and length of the window and allow extra for hemming.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Once we were hemming him in, we moved on to the next part of the plan.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The video also showed a female hunt supporter standing on the other side of the two-man gyrocopter, hemming it in.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
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