单词 | stitch |
释义 | stitch n. & v. --n   1. a (in sewing or knitting or crocheting etc.) a single pass of a needle or the thread or loop etc. resulting from this. b a particular method of sewing or knitting etc. (am learning a new stitch).   2. (usu. in pl.) Surgery each of the loops of material used in sewing up a wound.   3. the least bit of clothing (hadn't a stitch on).   4. an acute pain in the side of the body induced by running etc. --vtr.   1. sew; make stitches (in).   2. join or close with stitches. Phrases and idioms in stitches colloq. laughing uncontrollably. a stitch in time a timely remedy. stitch up   1. join or mend by sewing or stitching.   2. sl. betray or cheat. Derivatives stitcher n. stitchery n. stitchless adj. Etymology: OE stice f. Gmc, rel. to STICK(2) |
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