英语词汇“stitch”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

stitchstitch1 /stɪtʃ/ ●●○ noun

ETYMOLOGYstitch¹

Origin: Old English stice prick

COLLOCATIONS► keep/have somebody in stitches

Tony kept us in stitches all evening.

1SEWING [countable] the result of sewing by taking a thread into and out of a piece of cloth: She sewed with small neat stitches.2FOR WOUND [countable usually plural] a piece of special thread that fastens the edges of a wound together: She needed five stitches in her forehead.3PAIN [countable usually singular] a sharp pain in the side of your body, that you can get by running or laughing very hard: After jogging about a mile, I suddenly got a stitch in my side.4FUNNY [countable usually singular] informal someone or something that is very funny5KNITTING [countable] one of the small circles that are formed when you are knitting (knit), that join together to make a sweater, etc. → see also drop a stitch at drop1 (32)6STYLE [countable, uncountable] a particular way of sewing or knitting (knit) that makes a particular pattern: Purl and plain are the two main stitches in knitting.7in stitches informal unable to stop laughing: keep/have somebody in stitches Tony kept us in stitches all evening.8not have a stitch on informal to be wearing no clothes9not have a stitch to wear to not have any clothing that is appropriate for a particular occasion10a stitch in time (saves nine) spoken used to say that it is better to deal with problems early than to wait until they get worse[Origin: Old English stice prick]

noun | verb

stitchstitch2 verb [transitive]

VERB TABLE

stitch

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	stitch
	he, she, it	stitches
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	stitched
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have stitched
	he, she, it	has stitched
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had stitched
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will stitch
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have stitched

Continuous Form
Present	I	am stitching
	he, she, it	is stitching
	you, we, they	are stitching
Past	I, he, she, it	was stitching
	you, we, they	were stitching
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been stitching
	he, she, it	has been stitching
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been stitching
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be stitching
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been stitching

COLLOCATIONS► stitch something onto/across/to etc. something

She stitched the lace onto the cloth.

to sew two pieces of cloth together, or to sew a decoration onto a piece of cloth: stitch something onto/across/to etc. something She stitched the lace onto the cloth.stitch something ↔ together phrasal verb to put different things or parts of something together to make one larger thing: They have managed to stitch together a national network of banks.stitch something ↔ up phrasal verb1to put stitches in cloth or a wound in order to fasten parts of it together: She stitched up the cut and left it to heal.2to get a deal or agreement completed satisfactorily so that it cannot be changed: The deal was stitched up in minutes.