hemmed

[hemd]
  • 释义

  • 缝…的褶边( hem的过去式和过去分词 );包围;

  • 词义辨析
  • hem, circle, encompass, environ, gird, girdle, ring, surround
  • 这组词的共同含义是“围绕”。它们的区别是：
    surround指成环状包围,有时也指形成某种环境或边界; environ强调永久或长期地被包围; circle强调合围成一个实在的封圈,也指环绕某物、某处运行; encompass指出于保护、尊敬或敌视等动机把某人或某地包围起来; gird指围成一道牢固或不可突破的屏障; girdle则暗示形成带状围绕; ring指围成一个圈。
  • 双语例句
  • 1、

    The brick path to the door was hemmed in on either side by tall, unkempt boxwood hedges.

    通往门口的砖路两旁是高大、杂乱的黄杨树篱。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 2、

    Manchester is hemmed in by greenbelt countryside and by housing and industrial areas.

    曼彻斯特周围环绕着绿色乡村带、住宅区和工业区。

    柯林斯例句
  • 3、

    The company's competitors complain that they are hemmed in by rigid legal contracts.

    公司的竞争对手抱怨他们受到严格的法律合同的约束。

    柯林斯例句
  • 4、

    He is so closely hemmed in on all sides that I doubt whether he could escape even if he grew a pair of wings.

    密密层层的天罗地网,我看他插翅难飞.

    ——《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • 5、

    He hemmed and hawed but wouldn't say anything definite.

    他总是哼儿哈儿的,就是不说句痛快话.

    ——《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • 6、

    The lake is hemmed in on all sides by weeping willows.

    湖四周栽满垂柳.

    辞典例句
  • 7、

    As a priest, the framework of his order inevitably hemmed him in.

    身为牧师, 他的等级观必然也会限制他.

    英汉文学 - 红字
  • 8、

    Tim hemmed and hawed, but finally told his boss the truth.

    蒂姆起初支支吾吾，但最终还是把真相告诉了老板。

    柯林斯例句
  • 9、

    The soldiers were hemmed in on all sides.

    士兵们被四面包围了.

    《简明英汉词典》
  • 10、

    I feel hemmed in in such a small space.

    在如此狭小的地方我有种被紧闭[束缚]的感觉.

    辞典例句
  • 11、

    She hemmed her skirt.

    她给自己的裙子缝褶边.

    《简明英汉词典》
  • 12、

    The yard was hemmed around [ about ] by an iron fence.

    庭院有铁栅栏围绕着.

    辞典例句
  • 13、

    He found himself increasingly hemmed in, where he once felt himself free.

    他发觉自己在曾经一度感到非常自由自在的地方却越来越受到限制.

    辞典例句
  • 14、

    As I took my seat at the table, Henry hemmed and hawed.

    我在桌边就坐之后, 亨利结结巴地说起话来.

    辞典例句
  • 15、

    Each dress is hemmed and scrupulously checked for imperfections.

    每条连衣裙都缝上了褶边，并经过严格的检查，不允许有任何瑕疵。

    柯林斯例句
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