stitch /stɪtʃ/ CET6 TEM4 ( stitching, stitched, stitches )

• 1. 

  V-T/V-I If you stitch cloth, you use a needle and thread to join two pieces together or to make a decoration. 缝

  例：

  Fold the fabric and stitch the two layers together.

  把布料对折，将两层缝在一起。

  例：

  We stitched incessantly.

  我们缝个不停。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT Stitches are the short pieces of thread that have been sewn in a piece of cloth. 针脚

  例：

  ...a row of straight stitches.

  …一排直直的针脚。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT In knitting and crochet, a stitch is a loop made by one turn of wool around a knitting needle or crochet hook. 一针

  例：

  Her mother counted the stitches on her knitting needles.

  她的母亲数了数编织针上的针数。

• 4. 

  N-UNCOUNT If you sew or knit something in a particular stitch, you sew or knit in a way that produces a particular pattern. 编织法

  例：

  The design can be worked in cross stitch.

  该图案可以用十字针法编织出来。

• 5. 

  V-T When doctors stitch a wound, they use a special needle and thread to sew the skin together. 缝合 (伤口)

  例：

  Jill washed and stitched the wound.

  吉尔清洗并缝合了伤口。

• 6. 

  N-COUNT A stitch is a piece of thread that has been used to sew the skin of a wound together. (缝合伤口的) 一针

  例：

  He had six stitches in a head wound.

  他头部的伤口缝了6针。

• 7. 

  N-SING A stitch is a sharp pain in your side, usually caused by running or laughing a lot. (跑步或大笑引起的) 肋部剧痛

  例：

  One of them was laughing so much he got a stitch.

  他们当中有一个人笑得肋部都疼了。