"hemmed" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 縫邊
• 圍住

Definition

“Hem” 的過去式。通常指縫製布料的邊緣以防止鬆脫，也可以指被四面包圍或困在裡面。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

正式到中性的用語，常見於縫紉語境（如“hemmed skirt”），也可引申為被限制（如“hemmed in by work”）。別與“hymned”搞混。可用於形容詞及過去分詞。

Examples

She hemmed the bottom of her pants so they would not fray.

她把褲子的下擺**縫邊**了，這樣就不會鬆脫。

The skirt was hemmed to make it shorter.

裙子被**縫邊**了，變得更短。

He felt hemmed in by the small room.

他覺得被小房間**圍住**了。

I got my jeans hemmed because they were too long.

我把牛仔褲拿去**縫邊**，因為太長了。

Traffic hemmed us in, so we couldn’t get out of the city.

塞車把我們**困住**了，沒辦法離開城市。

The blanket had hemmed edges to keep it neat.

毯子的邊緣被**縫邊**了，很整齊。