英:['mendɪŋ]
美:[ˈmɛndɪŋ]
英:['mendɪŋ]
美:[ˈmɛndɪŋ]
n.
待缝补的衣服
v.
修理,修补( mend的现在分词 )
改[纠]正
改善[进]
恢复
词根:mend
n.mend 好转,改进;修补处
mender 修改者,修理者;修缮者
vi.mend 改善,好转
vt.mend 修理,修补;改善;修改
verb
transitive verb
to free from faults or defects: such as
to improve in manners or morals : reform
was advised to mend his ways
to set right : correct
mend a corrupt text
to put into good shape or working order again : patch up : repair
the roads were never mended—Ellen Glasgow
to improve or strengthen (something, such as a relationship) by negotiation or conciliation—used chiefly in the phrase mend fences
spends the weekend mending political fences—E. O. Hauser
to restore to health : cure
before the bone was fully mended—Current Biography
to make amends or atonement for
least said, soonest mended
intransitive verb
to improve morally : reform
It's never too late to mend.
to become corrected or improved
depression and lack of spirit mended visibly—Arnold Nicholson
to improve in healthalso: heal
his injury mended rather quickly
noun
an act of mending : repair
a mended place
on the mend在好转中
mend one's fences修补篱笆;争取重新建立好关系
网衣修补
又称“补网”。修复网衣破损部位的工艺。
Verb Middle English, short for amenden — more at amend
The first known use of mend was in the 13th century
mend1 of 2verb
to improve in manners or morals : reform
to put into good shape or working order again
to improve in healthalso: heal
mend2 of 2noun
an act of mending : repair
a mended place
1 "And these are the potatoes for our supper. And this is the sweater I’ve just picked up from mending."
2 I learned stitches sitting in our apartment on Elizabeth Street, helping Mam when she took in extra work darning and mending and the occasional full dress from a bolt of cloth.
3 “Dr. Trefusis,” she said, “I am delighted to see you are mending.”
4 I talked to the doctor, and it's not mending all that well.
5 Four lashes on my wrists for not finishing her mending.
6 I suppose it wasn’t very public—the only people we could see were the fishermen mending their nets on the opposite shore.
7 I tore out the knee of my pants and had to make do with the wrong color thread for mending.
8 'the strap needs mending,' said Mrs. Sterling later, 'but they did not steal anything.'
' '这提包带需要修理,' '斯特林夫人事后说道,' '不过他们什么也没偷走。
9 “You’re not mending a rip in your father’s trousers. People are paying good money—” “I know how to sew,” I blurt.
10 My father was mending a fence around the garden and stopped what he was doing.
11 “If there’s money to be had, we should spend it on mending Main Street.”
12 Ma sat by the lamp, mending one of Pa’s shirts.
13 But how did one go about mending a broken dream?
14 Lee brought a pot of coffee and went back to his mending.
15 She was carrying a suitcase-sized pocketbook, from which protruded a pair of knitting needles, some mending, crochet hook, baby’s bottle, and copy of the Scientific American.
16 “Ending is better than mending, ending is better than mending.”
17 I'm feeling a good bit better. The cut aches, but it's mending.
我感觉好多了。伤口很疼,但是正在愈合。
18 She didn’t mind mending her own clothes, but it was time-consuming.
19 The cotton twine he used for mending net bound the lantern to the mast easily, but Carl put in extra lashings anyway, figure eights laid one over the other, pulled taut and finished crisply.
20 “Why are they all sending Howlers?” asked Ginny, who was mending her copy of One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi with Spellotape on the rug in front of the living room fire.