hem

名词 n. 动词 v. 感叹词 intj. 代词 pron.
中文释义
发音 hĕm

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An utterance or sound of the voice like "hem", often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention.
    — his morning hems
  2. The border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together to finish the edge and prevent it from fraying.
  3. A rim or margin of something.
    — Entombed upon the very hem o' th' sea
  4. In sheet metal design, a rim or edge folded back on itself to create a smooth edge and to increase strength or rigidity.
动词 v.
  1. To make the sound expressed by the word hem; to hesitate in speaking.
    — Hem, and stroke thy beard.
  2. To make a hem. intransitive
  3. To put hem on an article of clothing, to edge or put a border on something. transitive
  4. To shut in, enclose, confine; to surround something or someone in a confining way. transitive
    — A small yard hemmed about by a tall hedge.
感叹词 intj.
  1. Used to fill in the gap of a pause with a vocalized sound.
    — "Hem! hem! however there will be a by-place for me behind the stove."
代词 pron.
  1. Obsolete form of 'em. alt-of,obsolete
    — And wente to the kinge and to the queene, and said to hem with a glad cheer.

词形变化

hems plural hems present,singular,third-person hemming participle,present hemmed participle,past hemmed past hems plural hems present,singular,third-person hemming participle,present hemmed participle,past hemmed past

词汇关系

衍生词
hemless hemline hem-line hemstitch kiss someone's hem kiss the hem of someone's garment rehem touch someone's hem touch the hem of someone's garment touch the hem of someone's robe unhem hem in hemmer

词源

词源 1
A sound uttered in imitation of clearing the throat (onomatopoeia)
词源 2
From Middle English hem, hemm, in turn from Old English hem, of West Germanic origin, from Proto-West Germanic *hammjan from Proto-Germanic *hamjaną. Related to Middle High German hemmen (“to hem in”), Old Norse hemja (“to hem in, restrain”); outside of Germanic, to Armenian քամել (kʻamel, “to press, wring”), Russian ком (kom, “lump”).
The verb is from Middle English hemmen, from Old English hemman, from Proto-Germanic *hamjaną, or alternatively derived from the noun.
词源 3
From Middle English hem, from Old English heom (“them”, dative), originally a dative plural form but in Middle English coming to serve as an accusative plural as well. More at 'em.
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