vt. & vi.缝 join or fasten (cloth, leather, etc.) by stitches made with thread

　～ sb a dress　给…做一件衣服
　～ arbitrarily　任意缝制
　～ arduously　艰苦地缝制
　～ artistically　艺术性地缝制
　～ beautifully　漂亮缝制
　～ breathlessly　匆忙缝制
　～ carefully　小心地缝制
　～ casually　漫不经心地缝制
　～ cautiously　小心翼翼地缝制
　～ conscientiously　认真地缝制
　～ continuously　不停地缝制
　～ conveniently　认真地缝制
　～ covertly　秘密地缝制
　～ curiously　不寻常地缝制
　～ delicately　微妙地缝制
　～ diligently　大量地缝制
　～ discreetly　谨慎地缝制
　～ domestically　无私地缝制
　～ elaborately　细致地缝制
　～ emphatically　重点缝制
　～ enthusiastically　热心地缝制
　～ exquisitely　优美地缝制
　～ extemporaneously　临时缝制
　～ falteringly　犹豫地缝制
　～ gracefully　优雅地缝制
　～ grudgingly　勉强缝制
　～ habitually　惯常缝制
　～ hauntingly　难以忘怀地缝制
　～ hurriedly　迅速缝制
　～ infrequently　罕见地缝制
　～ ingeniously　巧妙地缝制
　～ laboriously　努力缝制
　～ laudably　值得赞美地缝制
　～ lightly　悄悄地缝制
　～ mechanically　习惯性缝制
　～ necessarily　必要缝制
　～ nervously　心神不宁地缝制
　～ painfully　充满艰辛地缝制
　～ patiently　耐心缝制
　～ picturesquely　美丽地缝制
　～ properly　适当地缝制
　～ quaintly　古雅地缝制
　～ reasonably　合理地缝制
　～ recklessly　轻率地缝制
　～ regularly　定期缝制
　～ repeatedly　多次缝制
　～ skillfully　技术高超地缝制
　～ stolidly　笨手笨脚地缝制
　～ tactfully　巧妙缝制
　～ tastefully　趣味高雅地缝制
　～ temporarily　临时缝制
　～ uniformly　统一缝制
　～ unkindly　非善意地缝制
　～ voluntarily　自愿缝制
　～ together　缝在一起
　～ two pieces of cloth together　把两块布缝在一起
　～ up　缝合，解决，完成
　～ up a wound　把伤口缝合
　～ the whole thing up　把整个事情解决了
　～ by　用…缝
　～ by hand　手工缝制
　～ into　把…缝在…里
　～ money into a belt　把钱缝在腰带里
　～ on　把…缝在…上
　～ buttons on a coat　把扣子钉在上衣上
　～ button on shirt　把扣子钉到衬衫上
　～ with　用…缝
　～ with a machine　用机器缝制

　Do you sometimes sew?　你有时做针线活吗?
　When her work was done, she read, sewed and sang.　工作完毕后，她就读书、缝纫、唱歌。
　He was sewing a new coat.　他正在缝制一件新外套。
　The early humans used bone needles and sinew to sew clothes of skin and fur.　原始人用骨针和筋绳缝制兽皮衣服。
　Will you sew the scattered sheets of a book?　你把书的散页重新装订成册好吗?
　The garment is sewn by hand.　这件衣服是手工缝制的。
　She sewed me a dress.　她为我缝制了一条连衣裙。
　Could you sew me that button?　你能帮我把那颗纽扣钉上吗?
　She is busy sewing a shirt for her baby.　她正在忙着为她的小宝宝缝制一件衬衫。
　The sewing machine is operated by a foot pedal.　缝纫机是靠一个脚踏板来操作的。
　The most common sewing machines use a stitch called a lock stitch.　最普通的缝纫机用一种称之为双线连锁缝纫法的针法。

 ♣ sew by hand
　手工缝制　join or fasten (cloth, leather, etc.)by stitches made with thread by hand
　Are you going to sew by hand or with a machine?　你打算用手缝还是用机器缝?
 ♣ sew into　(v.+prep.)
　（把…)缝进…里　make sth into sth by stitching
　He sewed a ￡5 note into his coat pocket.　他把一张5英镑钞票缝在外套口袋中。
 ♣ sew on¹　(v.+adv.)
　把…缝上　make stitches with thread on sth
　He is sewing a button on.　他把一个纽扣钉上去了。
 ♣ sew on²　(v.+prep.)
　把…缝在…上；缝纫　make stitches or attach with thread on sth
　She sewed patches on the elbows of jacket.　她在夹克衫肘部缝了几块补丁。
　She is sewing the buttons on the coat.　她正在往上衣上缝纽扣。
 ♣ sew to　(v.+prep.)
　（把…)缝补到…上　make or mend (especially pieces of clothing) with needle and thread to sth
　She carefully sewed it to the cap.　她仔细地把它缝在帽子上。
 ♣ sew together　(v.+adv.)
　缝补；缝接　close together or repair by sewing
　She sewed two pieces of cloth together.　她把两块布缝在一起。
　She had sewn the wrong bits of material together and so had to unpick the stitches and start again.　她把那几块布料错缝在一起，所以不得不拆掉线重新开始。
 ♣ sew up　(v.+adv.)
1. 缝合，缝拢 close by sewing
　Will you sew up this hole in my trousers?　你能为我补一下裤子上的这个洞吗?
　She put on her spectacles, threaded a needle, and stitch by stitch sewed up the rent in the sleeves.　她戴上眼镜，穿好针，然后一针一针地把衣袖上的裂缝补好。
　The surgeon sewed up the wound.　外科医师缝合好伤口。
　The corpse was sewn up in a sack and thrown into the river.　尸体被装入布袋中缝好后抛入河流之中。
2. 控制；决定 put into one's control; determine or settle
　Many companies hoped to sew up the boxing champion for advertising their new products.　许多公司都想独占这位拳击冠军为他们的新产品做广告。
　Our holiday arrangements are all sewn up—we leave next Saturday.　我们去度假的安排都已定了下来——我们下星期六出发。

　［词源］　古英语seowan（缝制）