seam的意思

seam

英式音标[sim]
美式英标[siːm]

基本解释

n. 缝；接缝

vt. 缝合；接合；使留下伤痕

vi. 裂开；产生裂缝

seam 接缝，线缝，缝隙

来自古英语 seam,缝补，连接，来自 Proto-Germanic*saumaz,缝补，来自 PIE*syu,缝补，词源

seam: seam: [OE] A seam is etymologically a joint made by ‘sewing’. The word goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *saumaz (source also of German saum, Dutch zoom, Swedish söm, and Danish søm), which was derived from the base *sau-, the ancestor of English sew.
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seam (n.): Old English seam "seam, suture, junction," from Proto-Germanic *saumaz (cognates: Old Frisian sam "hem, seam," Old Norse saumr, Middle Dutch som, Dutch zoom, Old High German soum, German Saum "hem"), from PIE root *syu- "to sew, to bind" (cognates: Old English siwian, Latin suere, Sanskrit syuman; see sew).
Chidynge and reproche ... vnsowen the semes of freendshipe in mannes herte. [Chaucer, "Parson's Tale," c. 1386]
Meaning "raised band of stitching on a ball" is recorded from 1888. Geological use is from 1590s.
seam (v.): 1580s, from seam (n.). Related: Seamed; seaming.