
n.褶邊
vt.縫邊;包圍;約束
The hem on her skirt needs sewing. 她裙子上的褶邊需要縫一縫。
用作及物動(dòng)詞 (vt.)Can you help me to hem the skirt? 你能幫我給裙子縫邊嗎?
The enemy troops were hemming us in. 敵軍把我們包圍了。
He felt hemmed in by convention. 他感到受清規(guī)戒律的束縛。
hem通常用作及物動(dòng)詞,作“包圍”解時(shí)常與副詞in連用,且常用于被動(dòng)結(jié)構(gòu)。