1 one of the small lines of thread that you can see on a piece of material after it has been sewn (缝衣物的)一针,针脚
☞picture at knit 见knit插图
2 one of the small pieces of thread that a doctor uses to sew your skin together if you cut yourself very badly, or after an operation (缝合伤口的)缝线:
How many stitches did you have in your leg?你的腿上缝了几针?
3 one of the small circles of wool that you put round a needle when you are knitting (编织的)一针
4 [usu.sing] a sudden pain that you get in the side of your body when you are running 腹胁刺痛(奔跑后可能出现)
in stitches(informal 非正式) laughing so much that you cannot stop 忍不住大笑;捧腹大笑
stitch1/stItʃ; stItʃ/n 1 [C] a line of thread that has been sewn in a piece of cloth〔缝纫的〕一针﹐针脚2 [C] a piece of thread that a doctor uses to sew together a cut or wound〔医生缝合伤口的〕缝线: Tony needed five stitches in his head. 托尼的头上需要缝五针。3 [C] one of the small circles of wool that you put round a needle when you are KNITTING 〔编织的〕一针4 [singular 单数] a pain that you get in the side of your body when you run too fast〔因跑得太快胁部感到的〕剧痛5 in stitches laughing so much that you cannot stop 大笑不止: Her jokes had us all in stitches . 她的笑话让我们大家笑破了肚皮。
stitch2v [T] to sew two things together, or to sew something onto a piece of cloth 缝﹐缝合﹔缝补
stitchstitchstitches1noun (pluralstitches)1a small line or circle of thread that joins or decorates cloth2a circle of wool that you put round a needle when you are knitting (= making clothes from wool)3a short piece of special thread that doctors use to sew the edges of a cut together: The cut needed eight stitches.stitchstitchstitchesstitchedstitching2verb (stitches, stitching, stitched)to sew something: I stitched a button on my skirt.