单词 | sewing |
释义 | sew1 /sō/transitive verb (pat sewed /sōd/; pap sewn /sōn/ or sewed)To join, attach, enclose, or work on with a needle and thread, with wire, or with a sewing machine intransitive verbTo work with a needle and thread, sewing machine, or in any similar way ORIGIN: OE sīwian, sēowian; from OHGer siuwen, Gothic siujan sewˈer noun sewˈing noun
sewing machine noun A machine for sewing fabric, leather, etc sew up
sew2 /sū/transitive verb (dialect)To drain intransitive verb
ORIGIN: OFr essever to drain off, from L ex out, and aqua water sewˈage noun Refuse or waste carried off by sewers sewer /sooˈər or sūˈər, or (old) shōr or shör/ noun A channel (esp underground) for receiving the discharge from house-drains and streets transitive verbTo provide with sewers sewˈerage noun
sewˈering noun sewage farm noun
sewage works noun A place where sewage is treated and purified before being discharged into a river or the sea sewer gas noun The contaminated air of sewers produced by the decomposition of sewage sewer rat noun The brown rat sue /sū or soo/ (Spenser sew)transitive verb (suˈing; sued)
ORIGIN: OFr suir (Fr suivre), from L sequī, secūtus to follow sueabilˈity noun same as suability (see under suable) sueˈable adjective same as suable suˈer noun suˈing noun and adjective standing to sue (law) The right to bring a case to court |
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