sew
英 [səʊ]
美 [so]
助记提示
so 如此，那么——sew缝补
口诀：他缝衣服如此地快。
2. Latin sutus, past participle of suere "to sew" => sew, suture, seam.
3. sew => seam.
4. 区分：sew, sow: sew中间是字母E, 字母E的发音与汉字“衣”相同，所以sew的含义是缝衣服的“缝”。
5. 象形词：s- (拼音“丝”----丝线) + e (谐音“衣”---衣服) + w (象形：缝衣服时从上往下穿一针，然后再从下往上穿一针，如此循环往复) => sew: 用丝线循环往复地缝衣服。同样地，单词seam也具有象形的感觉，中间的-ea-的发音也与汉字“衣”相同，尾部的字母M只不过是字母W的倒置而已，方向相反地缝补。
中文词源
sew 缝制，缝补来自中古英语 sewen,缝制，来自古英语 siwian,缝制，来自 Proto-Germanic*siwjana,缝制，来 自 PIE*siw,衍生自*syu,缝制，词源同 seam,suture,couture.
sew 排污，排水回构自 sewer,下水道，阴沟。
英文词源
- sew
- sew: [OE] Sew comes, with its relatives Swedish sy and Danish sye, from a prehistoric Germanic *siwjan. This was descended from an Indo- European base *siw-, *sju- that also produced Latin suere ‘sew’ (source of English suture [16]), Greek humén ‘membrane’ (source of English hymen [17]), and English seam. It is no relation to sow.
=> hymen, seam, suture - sew (v.)
- Old English siwian "to stitch, sew, mend, patch, knit together," earlier siowian, from Proto-Germanic *siwjanan (cognates: Old Norse syja, Swedish sy, Danish sye, Old Frisian sia, Old High German siuwan, Gothic siujan "to sew"), from PIE root *syu- "to bind, sew" (cognates: Sanskrit sivyati "sews," sutram "thread, string;" Greek hymen "thin skin, membrane," hymnos "song;" Latin suere "to sew, sew together;" Old Church Slavonic šijo "to sew," šivu "seam;" Lettish siuviu, siuti "to sew," siuvikis "tailor;" Russian švec "tailor"). Related: Sewed; sewing. To sew (something) up "bring it to a conclusion" is a figurative use attested by 1904.
双语例句
- 1. I know how to darn, and how to sew a button on.
- 我会打补丁，缝纽扣。
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- 2. I had plenty of space to write and sew.
- 我有足够的空间进行写作和缝纫。
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- 3. Next day, Miss Stone decided to sew up the rip.
- 第二天，斯通小姐决定将撕破的地方缝好。
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- 4. Mrs Roberts was a dressmaker, and she taught her daughter to sew.
- 罗伯茨夫人是名女服裁缝，她教她女儿缝纫。
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- 5. He will sew it up in a trice.
- 他眨眼间就能缝补好。
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