Hem

(noun.) the edge of a piece of cloth; especially the finished edge that has been doubled under and stitched down; 'the hem of her dress was stained'; 'let down the hem'; 'he stitched weights into the curtain's hem'; 'it seeped along the hem of his jacket'.

(noun.) the utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat; intended to get attention, express hesitancy, fill a pause, hide embarrassment, warn a friend, etc..

(verb.) utter `hem' or `ahem'.

(verb.) fold over and sew together to provide with a hem; 'hem my skirt'.

黛博拉编辑

• The suitor, kissing the hem of the garment again before relinquishing it, replied, Habraham Latharuth, on thuthpithion of plate. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• He made a little gesture as though he kissed the hem of an imaginary garment worn by the noble youth before him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Captain Martin (highly respected in the army) then unhesitatingly said that it appeared to him that his--hem! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• To be so near him--though he was silent, though he did not touch so much as her scarf-fringe or the white hem of her dress--affected her like a spell. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• My friend,' said the thin gentleman, with a conciliatory hem--'have you got many people stopping here now? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Little Dorrit gladly put it by her side, took out her little pocket-housewife, threaded the needle, and began to hem. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• There was no dust, no moisture, to soil the hem of her stainless garment, or to damp her slender sandal. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Civilization held nothing like this in its narrow and circumscribed sphere, hemmed in by restrictions and conventionalities. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Every stitch Daisy's patient little fingers had put into the handkerchiefs she hemmed was better than embroidery to Mrs. March. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• And now, the sea, late our defence, seems our prison bound; hemmed in by its gulphs, we shall die like the famished inhabitants of a besieged town. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• By the 4th of June Johnston found that he was being hemmed in so rapidly that he drew off and Allatoona was left in our possession. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Some handkerchiefs, all hemmed, said Beth. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Behold us now in our frail tenement, hemmed in by hungry, roaring waves, buffeted by winds. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• We are hemmed into a corner. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• I am going up-stairs to take this work to Miss Morgan: she does the open hemming very well. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Tucking, ruffling, braiding, cording, hemming, turning, plaiting, gaging, and other attachment devices are numerous. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.

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