/səʊ ||; so/verb
[I,T] (past tensesewed;past participlesewn /səʊn ||; son/orsewed)sew (sth) (on) to join pieces of cloth, or to join sth to cloth, using a needle and thread and forming stitches 缝;缝合:
I can't sew.我不会针线活。A button's come off my shirt -- I'll have to sew it back on.我衬衫上的钮扣掉了─我得把它重新缝上。☞picture at knit 见knit插图 sew sth up
1 to join two things by sewing; to repair sth by sewing two things together 缝合;缝补:
The surgeon sewed up the wound.外科医生把伤口缝合了。
2 to arrange sth so that it is certain to happen or be successful (安排或策划某事)使成功,使做成
sew/so; səʊ/v [I,T] past tense sewed past participle sewn /son; səʊn/or sewed to use a needle and thread to make or repair clothes 缝﹐缝纫﹔缝制﹔缝补: My mother taught me to sew. 是我妈妈教我缝纫的。sew sth on sth Will you sew a button on my shirt? 你给我的衬衫钉一粒纽扣好吗?see picture at见 KNIT 图sew sth up phr v 1 [usually passive 一般用被动态] to arrange or control something so that you get the result you want 安排妥帖﹐办妥: I’ve just sewn up a deal on a new account. 我获得了一个新客户﹐一切刚刚办妥了。He has this election sewn up (=is certain to win). 这次选举他赢定了。2 to close or repair something by sewing it 缝合﹐缝补
sewsewsewssewedsewingsewnverb (sews, sewing, sewed/, has sewedor has sewn)pronunciationThe word sew sounds just like so. to use a needle and cotton to join pieces of material together or to join something to material: He sewed a button on his shirt. Can you sew?