hemmed 缝好边的
镶好边的
- But the Russian supply lines were intact and they were able to enjoy quarters which, though spartan, were not hemmed in by the enemy.
但是俄国人的补给线是完整的,尽管艰苦,但他们仍然可以在没有敌人包围的情况下,安心的呆在营房里。 - These definitions seem designed to promote an image of Canada sort of still in our buckskins, hemmed in by dark forests.
这些定义似乎要替加拿大推广这样一种形象:人们身着鹿皮衣装,隐居在阴暗的森林中。 - "We were hemmed into a radius of 15 kilometers," he recalls.
他回忆道:“我们的活动范围半径是15公里。”
Hem \Hem\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hemmed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Hemming}.]
1. To form a hem or border to; to fold and sew down the edge
of. --Wordsworth.
2. To border; to edge
All the skirt about
Was hemmed with golden fringe. --Spenser.
{To hem about}, {To hem around}, or {To hem in}, to inclose
and confine; to surround; to environ. ``With valiant
squadrons round about to hem.'' --Fairfax. ``Hemmed in to
be a spoil to tyranny.'' --Daniel.
{To hem out}, to shut out. ``You can not hem me out of
London.'' --J. Webster.