/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