Definition of stitch in English:

stitch

noun stɪtʃstɪtʃ

1A loop of thread or yarn resulting from a single pass or movement of the needle in sewing, knitting, or crocheting.
（缝纫、针织、钩编的）一针；针脚
Example sentencesExamples
- The lines are stitched in perfectly even stitches using waxed thread.
- Our modes and tonality, diverse ingredients and style unite in a tapestry of stitches belonging to different needles.
- You may count the stitches in a needlework more easily than with the textile actually in your hands.
- Holding the needle thread tail, take a stitch to draw the bobbin thread to the tuck surface.
- Old grandmothers sitting in a circle were stitching tiny colourful stitches on a quilt.
- Many is the judge whose lack of knowledge of needlework and stitches didn't prevent them staring with great interest at the costumes.
- They had to show me at least five ‘good’ running stitches, stitches that were the same length.
- Lorinda begins designing by playing with different stitches and needles sizes.
- The quilter first outlines her design with fine, tiny stitches, sewing front and back layers together at the same time.
- Stitch the mouth with a straight stitch, retracing the stitches as before on the ears.
- The first person she saw was Sally, sitting on one of the chairs, sewing fine, little stitches on her handkerchief.
- Crocheting, which is as easy as knitting, simply uses different stitches and a hooked needle.
- They even found a small kit for sewing stitches, just in case anyone knew how.
- Catherine took a few stitches with her needle, and then sat the material back on her lap.
- There are over 400 stitches on the needles at the moment and each row is going at a torturously slow pace.
- The women got down to work on it with large needles and red stitches.
- Delicately, she took up her crochet needles once more, and started her stitch.
- There's the strong likelihood of my stitches sliding off my needles with every movement.
- Thread the end of the yarn in a large-eyed needle and make a few stitches through the end of the tube to secure it before cutting off the yarn.
- Students learn to do math by knitting stitches together, and to count by placing nuts into bags.
1. 1.1 A loop of thread used to join the edges of a wound or surgical incision.
  （伤口或手术切口的）缝合针
  he had to have sixteen stitches to his head
  他不得不在头上缝了16针。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He had 19 surgical staples in his head wounds and other stitches in his hand, shoulder and leg.
  The wound took thirty stitches to suture, and by the time they returned to the cabin, it was midmorning.
  When the operation is complete, the incisions are closed with stitches and the four small wounds are covered with dressings.
  Skin adhesive (such as Dermabond) is a way to close small wounds without stitches.
  Each pile is tied off with a surgical stitch, or suture, and then the pile is cut away.
  Because the surgeon can reach the eardrum through ear canal, there is no visible incision or stitches.
  Your surgeon will then close the incision with stitches or clips and cover it with a dressing.
  Doctors do not usually use stitches to treat puncture wounds.
  Meanwhile, a defensive midfielder was the second Stanley player in a week to require stitches to a leg wound.
  The man required stitches to close a wound to the back of his head.
  The surgical wound clips or stitches may be removed while in hospital just before going home, but on occasion they will be removed after discharge from hospital by a GP or a nurse.
  The wires holding the sternum together are permanent, but the stitches closing the wound will gradually dissolve.
  He required six stitches for a face wound.
  He required stitches for both wounds but is now believed to have made a full recovery.
  Other lesions can be cut out entirely and the wound closed up with stitches.
  Postoperatively all the patients had healthy wounds and the stitches were removed on day 7.
  The skin is sewn together with stitches using a tiny needle.
  She said she had suffered continuing problems since the cheetah attacked her leg, ripping open a wound that required 28 stitches and years of physiotherapy.
  His wife, who is now separated from him, required 50 stitches to close the wound in her head.
  Following the assault last October, her cheekbone was found to be fractured, her finger broken and she required 24 stitches to head wounds.
2. 1.2usually with modifier A method of sewing, knitting, or crocheting producing a particular pattern or design.
  （缝纫、针织、钩编的）缝法，针法，编法
  basic embroidery stitches
  基本的绣花针法。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I found the making up for this pattern to be a bit odd and best countered with mattress stitch.
  In a circular pattern around and over and through the cross are appliquéd arcs and embroidered stitch marks that carry the eye round and round in an almost dizzying motion.
  Though lighter to wear, silk is not as durable as velvet, particularly when confronted with thousands of embroidery stitches.
  Each of these large areas are edged with stem or outline stitch in a contrasting colour.
  Some machines have the capability to automatically sew a tapered satin stitch.
  The V-neck style also has extensive tonal stitch detail.
  He painted designs for richly embroidered ecclesiastical vestments that required satin stitch and raised work in metallic and silk threads.
  Eileen spoke about printing onto interesting papers, transferring to materials, enhancing with pens and paint, machine stitching as well as hand stitches.
  She used satin stitches extensively for flowers and leaves, and cross stitches elsewhere.
  The standard corner stitch is used for closure of tissue corners with an approximate 90-degree angle.
  Make yourself this rainbow of a belt using two simple crochet stitches.
  They are made from pieces of muslin, constructed like a rag doll stuffed with scraps, with the outer surface covered with parallel darning stitches.
  Stitch the buttonhole as usual, removing any basting stitches when finished.
  Mom taught me the basic knit stitches when I was a kid.
  As young girls learn embroidery stitches from older women, they are initiated into the culture.
  The three layers are stitched together with quilting stitches that, until very recently, were worked by hand.
  In Claim 3, it will mean those stitches and the embroidery stitches.
  This work is done in long and short darn stitch created into innumerable designs and patterns.
  The beads were sewn on with an appliqué stitch using two needles.
  Apply it sparingly between buttonhole stitches and let it dry before cutting them open.
3. 1.3informal in singular, usually with negative The smallest item of clothing.
  〈非正式〉（最少的）一件衣服；一块布
  nymphs with come-hither looks and not a stitch on
  长相迷人且一丝不挂的仙女们。
  Example sentencesExamples
  However, since she was brave enough to walk into the station without a stitch of clothing, all duty officers could do was shake their heads that the woman had the audacity to commit such an act.
  I think everybody took nearly every stitch of clothing we had off and emptied our pockets to give them everything we could.
  When I shop, I simply must try on every stitch of clothing - it is not unusual to spend two or three hours in the dressing room.
  Why, if their measure is to be taken from this lass, she hasn't a stitch of clothing, let alone a periapt or weapon.
  She didn't have a stitch of clothing on her body.
  If skimpy clothing is the lifeline of the ramp, the biggest fashion show is staged on the banks of Ganges every twelfth year when thousands of Naga sadhus parade without even a stitch on their body.
  THe trippers were happily munching sandwiches when they saw two women without a stitch of clothing being photographed by an older man near Scorton.
  I just splashed up and down, not a stitch of clothing on.
  Though her every possession down to her last stitch of clothing has been in and out of hock she remains loyal to her wise cracking beau.
  Staff passing by the windows of his sealed ward would see him jumping on his bed and waving to them, without a stitch of clothing on.
  What in the world was she doing hanging in chains from a wall, without a stitch of clothing?
  He hadn't a stitch of sportswear to pound the streets when he took the plunge to enter the New York City Marathon.
  But there you were without a stitch of clothing on.
  Kip picks up a black-and-white picture of two men standing outdoors with their arms around each other's slender waists - and not a stitch of clothing on either.
  Clad almost entirely in leather of a soft natural hue, the only stitch of clothing not fashioned from tanned animal skin was the linen material draped snug across their chiseled chests.
  Everyone who's normal should flop around their homes aimlessly without a stitch of clothing on at least once a month.
  Even with his promising not to remove a stitch of clothing during Sunday halftime performance, the NFL isn't about to go for anything smaller.
  This was a friend from New York, a boy scout no less, who I never saw with a stitch of clothing on the entire time.
  Isn't it a terrible country we're living in at the moment when poor people can't get a stitch to suit them in it.
2A sudden sharp pain in the side of the body, caused by strenuous exercise.
（胁部）突然剧痛
he was panting and had a stitch
他大口喘着气，胁部突然感到一阵剧痛。
Example sentencesExamples
- I was already getting stitches in the side, from trying not to laugh.
- She made it to the very end of the hall, gasping for air with one hand gripping at the stitch in her side, the other clutching her forehead.
- I went to his side, breathing heavily and clutching at a stitch at my side.
- The stitch in her side was growing more and more painful with each step.
- ‘She's coming,’ he gasps, clutching at a stitch in his side.
- Shaking, he entered, disregarding the stitch in his side and the back of his sweat-soaked tunic clinging to his flesh.
- She clutched at a throbbing stitch in her side and ran on.
- Ryan was bent over by a tree, holding a stitch in his side.
- I continued running and running, even when I felt a sharp stitch at my side.
- Her legs were starting to grow tired and sore, and a stitch of pain was erupting in her side.
- The teachers jogged off-court, many of them out of breath, panting, or clutching stitches at their sides.
- Almost out of breath and with a painful stitch in my side, I forced myself into motion once again.
- I didn't care, and felt the urge to swear again but was too out of breath to do more than wheeze and clutch at the stitch in my side.
- He stopped outside his house, clutching a stitch in his side.
- She ran until she had a stitch in her side and then slowed down.
- When Meg reached the Movement classroom, she was out of breath, blinking, and clutching a stitch at her side.
- I dashed out of class, grabbed the books I needed from my locker, and sprinted to my car so quickly I got a stitch in my side.
- She remembered running, running all the way to Marcus Berenson's house, her anger fuelling her, not even caring about the stitch in her side, or her gasping lungs.
- The stitch in her side burned painfully and her legs ached.
- As I staggered onto the airstrip, clutching the stitch in my side and breathing hard, I tried to recall where I had seen that design of red and white.
Synonyms
sharp pain, stabbing pain, shooting pain, stab of pain, pang, twinge, spasm

verb stɪtʃstɪtʃ

[with object]

1Make, mend, or join (something) with stitches.
缝；缝补；缝合
stitch a plain seam with right sides together
用平针把两个正面相对缝合起来。
they stitched the cut on her face
他们缝合了她脸上的伤口。
hand-stitched dresses
Example sentencesExamples
- Beginning in the quilt center, machine stitch in the ditch along all vertical seamlines.
- That the poor she visited probably stitched her underwear together for a dollar a week never occurs to her.
- Place the tape on the inside of the roll line and hand stitch firmly in place on both long edges.
- The victim went to the infirmary and left after a nurse stitched his wound.
- It was then explained to me that she creates the clothing by layering and drying the acrylic paint into designs which she then stitches together into finished pieces.
- It really is amazing to think that children as young as seven stitched samplers.
- To keep the quality on par with branded items, the cloth is double stitched.
- Each part is then stitched together like a quilt, sometimes almost a note at a time.
- At the end of the design, carefully stitch directly over three or four beginning stitches.
- Once the implant is in place, the gum is stitched over it and the area is left to heal.
- To allow for turn of the cloth, stitch right next to the crease, with the needle toward the cut edge.
- The pattern is programmed to stitch an outline around the shape to hold it in place while the edge is stitched.
- He had screamed in agony as cuts on his feet were stitched without anaesthetic.
- Quilters don't just stitch fabric pieces together, they sew fine art.
- Once the fabric is stitched to the inside of the boot, it will block human odor for the life of the boot.
- He was taken to Frere Hospital where a large gash in his leg was stitched.
- We buy cloth and patterns, and cut them out, and stitch them together.
- Fred had stitched fine patchwork quilts that covered the beds and hung on the walls of his house.
- Stuff legs with batting and stitch ends together to form a stalk long enough to wrap around child.
- The dresses are stitched on the institute premises by the students and displayed on a select day.
Synonyms
sew, baste, tack, seam, hem
sew up, repair, mend, darn
2stitch something upBritish informal Manipulate a situation so that someone is placed at a disadvantage or wrongly blamed for something.
〈英，非正式〉操纵局势使…处于劣势；陷害
he was stitched up by outsiders and ousted as chairman
他受到局外人的诬陷而被罢免了主席的职位。
Example sentencesExamples
- They are trying to stitch us up - these are things that they don't say to us.
- In the past no-one batted an eyelid but we've learned that some people go out of their way to try to stitch you up; some people are like that.
- A substantial number within the hospital believes that he was stitched up and made a scapegoat for a practice which appears to be quite normal in many hospitals up and down the country.
- In an angry phone call, he accused me of ‘stitching him up’ and, although things got better over the years, there remained a certain coolness.
- She was more than willing to talk about all these things, which is cool, because I hate the idea of stitching someone up with a story they wouldn't want printed.
- And as a patriotic Turk at heart and by blood, too, he is confronted by the real probability that his grandfather was stitched up by the very same Turkish establishment he longed to join.
- Evidently deeply suspicious of British newspapers, she seems to misinterpret innocent questions as a ruse to stitch her up.
- He'd just been appointed deputy chairman of the party and, on the eve of the Blackpool conference, he'd been interviewed by the BBC without being advised and they stitched him up.
- Mostly, people will tell you that he was stitched up by his players and his assistant and his employers in the union.
- He has been stitched up - to raise money in his memory.
Synonyms
falsely incriminate, get someone into trouble
informal frame, set up
British informal fit someone up, drop someone in it
1. 2.1stitch something up Arrange or secure a deal or agreement to one's advantage.
  〈英，非正式〉达成（有利自己的）交易；缔结（有利自己的）协议
  the company has stitched up major deals all over the world to boost sales
  该公司为了促进销售已经在世界各地缔结了许多对自己有利的重要协议。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Even this debate was tightly stitched up to marginalise anti-war voices.
  That is because the deal has not been stitched up properly.
  Instead, after a deal was stitched up with the big unions, the conference voted for a statement from the Labour National Executive which linked Britain's eventual withdrawal of troops to the return of democracy in Iraq.
  The bill was rejected by Parliament twice, yet he persisted with it and passed it in an amended form after a deal was stitched up with an independent member of parliament.
  Their frequent bilateral meetings meant that EU summits were often stitched up in advance.
  The only answer must be that a deal has been stitched up between the two men, who agreed over dinner nine years ago that Tony would one day hand over to Gordon.
  Early last week, speculation began to emerge that Lehman Brothers was poised to bid and the deal would be stitched up in time for the upcoming results announcement.
  Once a deal has been stitched up, he will almost certainly be out-voted by the European, African and Asian delegates.
  It was all stitched up and done before we got there and nothing anybody said from the floor was going to change their minds.
  In future the BBC in Scotland will decide on how it covers the news on strict editorial grounds instead of how the director-general in London wants the news presented and has stitched it up with Downing Street.

Phrases

in stitches

informal Laughing uncontrollably.
〈非正式〉忍俊不禁
his droll self-mockery had us in stitches
他别具一格的滑稽自嘲使得观众忍俊不禁。
Example sentencesExamples
- You may or may not be in stitches, and maybe seeing it in print isn't the best way to appreciate it, but believe it or not the above joke has been scientifically proven to be the funniest there is.
- They all arrived at the bathroom at the same time to see their mother in stitches on the floor, laughing.
- We were in stitches at the idea of him suddenly recognising in horror that the grubby waif loitering around Grand Central for a cheap meal was actually his petite cousin.
- The glorious absurdity of that one line had me in stitches.
- By the time we reached the ship, we were all in stitches with tears running down our cheeks we were laughing so hard.
- It worked so well: the entire area was in stitches laughing, myself included.
- He had a jocular way of telling his point of view and that often had the Senate in stitches.
- Tom and Freddie had a packed house in Dunphy's of Kill on Wednesday night and the comedian Big Mike had the crowd in stitches with his wonderful jokes.
- The actor-comedian kept the graduates and crowd of 30,000 in stitches.
- The funnyman had TV viewers in stitches with his no-nonsense approach to football during World Cup ad breaks and now he is proving his sporting prowess in the new event.

a stitch in time saves nine

proverb If you sort out a problem immediately it may save extra work later.
〈谚〉小洞不补，大洞吃苦
Example sentencesExamples
- We were always taught that a stitch in time saves nine, and perhaps that is exactly the case with the health system.
- Men say that a stitch in time saves nine, and so they take a thousand stitches today to save nine tomorrow.
- The lead officer said: ‘It's a case of a stitch in time saves nine.’
- But definitely do this; your swimmer is only 14 and a stitch in time saves nine.
- To employ an old bromide: "A stitch in time saves nine".
- The Prime Minister has told us that a stitch in time saves nine, and in New Zealand First we totally agree with that statement, particularly as it relates to the health system.
- In health, we believe a stitch in time saves nine.
- And so for these companies, the stitch in time has indeed saved nine.
- But we will explain to people that sometimes a stitch in time saves nine and that there can be false economy.

Derivatives

stitcher

noun ˈstɪtʃəˈstɪtʃər

A person who stitches something.
clothes designed and handmade by expert stitcher Megan
Example sentencesExamples
- In their latest public showing, the creative stitchers, who met while studying embroidery at Lancaster, have filled the Sedbergh gallery with their diverse and eye-catching work.
- There is a fantastic range of courses on offer, with something to cater for budding artists, computer fiends, IT beginners, yoga fanatics, chefs, historians and cross stitchers.
- In 1811, an Englishman led riots to destroy the new and efficient fabric looms installed by textile mills, which replaced many of the sewers and stitchers who had been employed by the mills.

stitchery

noun ˈstɪtʃəri

The works consisted of supports ornamented or transformed by process - through tying, binding, unraveling and sewing, as well as stitchery and photographic representation.
Example sentencesExamples
- Don't you like hearing compliments on your stitchery?
- The mental state and discipline needed to produce the laborious, meticulous, painstaking stitchery required for the making of watertight kamiks are not evident in Irene's work.
- When Americans collect these panels of stitchery, they quite commonly make them into colorful cushions.
- The skill of stitchery is developed as the kids sew the likes of the ‘Wily Wire Walker’ and the ‘Amazing Aerialist.’

stitchless

adjective

Another way of incorporating electrical networks into soldier clothing is through stitchless seam technologies that were first developed by Clemson University with prior Natick Mantech funds.
Example sentencesExamples
- An adhesive element may be secured to each of the first material element and the second material element to form the stitchless configuration.
- Phacoemulsification cataract surgery is usually stitchless surgery performed under topical anesthesia (no injection technique) with foldable IOL implantation.
- Using the sponge, apply a generous amount of stitchless glue to the image side of the copy.
- So far, only about 30 percent of doctors nationwide use the tricky stitchless techniques.

Origin

Old English stice 'a puncture, stabbing pain', of Germanic origin; related to German Stich 'a sting, prick', also to stick². The sense 'loop' (in sewing etc.) arose in Middle English.

In Anglo-Saxon times stitch was used to describe any sharp stabbing pain rather than just a pain in the side caused by strenuous exercise. The word is related to stick. Shakespeare seems to have been the first to mention a stitch brought on by laughing. In Twelfth Night Maria invites her fellow conspirators to observe the lovelorn Malvolio, saying: ‘If you…will laugh yourselves into stitches, follow me.’ The sewing sense of stitch arose in the Middle Ages. According to the 18th-century proverb, a stitch in time saves nine. In other words, if you sort out a problem immediately, it may save a lot of extra work later. There does not seem to be any particular significance in the choice of the number nine aside from its similarity in sound to the word ‘time’. Stitch up, meaning ‘to frame or betray someone’, is recorded only from the 1970s. It was probably suggested by the betrayal being as neat and conclusive as an invisible repair to an item of clothing.

Rhymes

bewitch, bitch, ditch, enrich, fitch, flitch, glitch, hitch, itch, kitsch, Mitch, pitch, quitch, rich, snitch, switch, titch, twitch, which, witch

Definition of stitch in US English:

stitch

nounstɪtʃstiCH

1A loop of thread or yarn resulting from a single pass or movement of the needle in sewing, knitting, or crocheting.
（缝纫、针织、钩编的）一针；针脚
Example sentencesExamples
- Stitch the mouth with a straight stitch, retracing the stitches as before on the ears.
- Many is the judge whose lack of knowledge of needlework and stitches didn't prevent them staring with great interest at the costumes.
- They even found a small kit for sewing stitches, just in case anyone knew how.
- Catherine took a few stitches with her needle, and then sat the material back on her lap.
- The quilter first outlines her design with fine, tiny stitches, sewing front and back layers together at the same time.
- Holding the needle thread tail, take a stitch to draw the bobbin thread to the tuck surface.
- There's the strong likelihood of my stitches sliding off my needles with every movement.
- Thread the end of the yarn in a large-eyed needle and make a few stitches through the end of the tube to secure it before cutting off the yarn.
- Lorinda begins designing by playing with different stitches and needles sizes.
- The women got down to work on it with large needles and red stitches.
- Crocheting, which is as easy as knitting, simply uses different stitches and a hooked needle.
- The first person she saw was Sally, sitting on one of the chairs, sewing fine, little stitches on her handkerchief.
- There are over 400 stitches on the needles at the moment and each row is going at a torturously slow pace.
- The lines are stitched in perfectly even stitches using waxed thread.
- Our modes and tonality, diverse ingredients and style unite in a tapestry of stitches belonging to different needles.
- Delicately, she took up her crochet needles once more, and started her stitch.
- They had to show me at least five ‘good’ running stitches, stitches that were the same length.
- Students learn to do math by knitting stitches together, and to count by placing nuts into bags.
- You may count the stitches in a needlework more easily than with the textile actually in your hands.
- Old grandmothers sitting in a circle were stitching tiny colourful stitches on a quilt.
1. 1.1 A loop of thread used to join the edges of a wound or surgical incision.
  （伤口或手术切口的）缝合针
  a neck wound requiring forty stitches
  Example sentencesExamples
  When the operation is complete, the incisions are closed with stitches and the four small wounds are covered with dressings.
  Following the assault last October, her cheekbone was found to be fractured, her finger broken and she required 24 stitches to head wounds.
  He had 19 surgical staples in his head wounds and other stitches in his hand, shoulder and leg.
  He required six stitches for a face wound.
  The skin is sewn together with stitches using a tiny needle.
  The surgical wound clips or stitches may be removed while in hospital just before going home, but on occasion they will be removed after discharge from hospital by a GP or a nurse.
  His wife, who is now separated from him, required 50 stitches to close the wound in her head.
  The man required stitches to close a wound to the back of his head.
  Other lesions can be cut out entirely and the wound closed up with stitches.
  The wires holding the sternum together are permanent, but the stitches closing the wound will gradually dissolve.
  Because the surgeon can reach the eardrum through ear canal, there is no visible incision or stitches.
  He required stitches for both wounds but is now believed to have made a full recovery.
  Your surgeon will then close the incision with stitches or clips and cover it with a dressing.
  Postoperatively all the patients had healthy wounds and the stitches were removed on day 7.
  Doctors do not usually use stitches to treat puncture wounds.
  Each pile is tied off with a surgical stitch, or suture, and then the pile is cut away.
  The wound took thirty stitches to suture, and by the time they returned to the cabin, it was midmorning.
  She said she had suffered continuing problems since the cheetah attacked her leg, ripping open a wound that required 28 stitches and years of physiotherapy.
  Meanwhile, a defensive midfielder was the second Stanley player in a week to require stitches to a leg wound.
  Skin adhesive (such as Dermabond) is a way to close small wounds without stitches.
2. 1.2usually with modifier A method of sewing, knitting, or crocheting producing a particular pattern or design.
  （缝纫、针织、钩编的）缝法，针法，编法
  basic embroidery stitches
  基本的绣花针法。
  Example sentencesExamples
  She used satin stitches extensively for flowers and leaves, and cross stitches elsewhere.
  They are made from pieces of muslin, constructed like a rag doll stuffed with scraps, with the outer surface covered with parallel darning stitches.
  Mom taught me the basic knit stitches when I was a kid.
  In Claim 3, it will mean those stitches and the embroidery stitches.
  The beads were sewn on with an appliqué stitch using two needles.
  The V-neck style also has extensive tonal stitch detail.
  Eileen spoke about printing onto interesting papers, transferring to materials, enhancing with pens and paint, machine stitching as well as hand stitches.
  In a circular pattern around and over and through the cross are appliquéd arcs and embroidered stitch marks that carry the eye round and round in an almost dizzying motion.
  Make yourself this rainbow of a belt using two simple crochet stitches.
  The standard corner stitch is used for closure of tissue corners with an approximate 90-degree angle.
  The three layers are stitched together with quilting stitches that, until very recently, were worked by hand.
  Each of these large areas are edged with stem or outline stitch in a contrasting colour.
  This work is done in long and short darn stitch created into innumerable designs and patterns.
  He painted designs for richly embroidered ecclesiastical vestments that required satin stitch and raised work in metallic and silk threads.
  Some machines have the capability to automatically sew a tapered satin stitch.
  Stitch the buttonhole as usual, removing any basting stitches when finished.
  As young girls learn embroidery stitches from older women, they are initiated into the culture.
  Though lighter to wear, silk is not as durable as velvet, particularly when confronted with thousands of embroidery stitches.
  Apply it sparingly between buttonhole stitches and let it dry before cutting them open.
  I found the making up for this pattern to be a bit odd and best countered with mattress stitch.
3. 1.3informal in singular, usually with negative The smallest item of clothing.
  〈非正式〉（最少的）一件衣服；一块布
  a man answered the door without a stitch on
  Example sentencesExamples
  Everyone who's normal should flop around their homes aimlessly without a stitch of clothing on at least once a month.
  Clad almost entirely in leather of a soft natural hue, the only stitch of clothing not fashioned from tanned animal skin was the linen material draped snug across their chiseled chests.
  THe trippers were happily munching sandwiches when they saw two women without a stitch of clothing being photographed by an older man near Scorton.
  If skimpy clothing is the lifeline of the ramp, the biggest fashion show is staged on the banks of Ganges every twelfth year when thousands of Naga sadhus parade without even a stitch on their body.
  He hadn't a stitch of sportswear to pound the streets when he took the plunge to enter the New York City Marathon.
  What in the world was she doing hanging in chains from a wall, without a stitch of clothing?
  Staff passing by the windows of his sealed ward would see him jumping on his bed and waving to them, without a stitch of clothing on.
  But there you were without a stitch of clothing on.
  She didn't have a stitch of clothing on her body.
  Kip picks up a black-and-white picture of two men standing outdoors with their arms around each other's slender waists - and not a stitch of clothing on either.
  I think everybody took nearly every stitch of clothing we had off and emptied our pockets to give them everything we could.
  However, since she was brave enough to walk into the station without a stitch of clothing, all duty officers could do was shake their heads that the woman had the audacity to commit such an act.
  I just splashed up and down, not a stitch of clothing on.
  Even with his promising not to remove a stitch of clothing during Sunday halftime performance, the NFL isn't about to go for anything smaller.
  Though her every possession down to her last stitch of clothing has been in and out of hock she remains loyal to her wise cracking beau.
  When I shop, I simply must try on every stitch of clothing - it is not unusual to spend two or three hours in the dressing room.
  This was a friend from New York, a boy scout no less, who I never saw with a stitch of clothing on the entire time.
  Isn't it a terrible country we're living in at the moment when poor people can't get a stitch to suit them in it.
  Why, if their measure is to be taken from this lass, she hasn't a stitch of clothing, let alone a periapt or weapon.
2A sudden sharp pain in the side of the body, caused by strenuous exercise.
（胁部）突然剧痛
she ran with a stitch in her side
Example sentencesExamples
- The stitch in her side was growing more and more painful with each step.
- He stopped outside his house, clutching a stitch in his side.
- She clutched at a throbbing stitch in her side and ran on.
- Ryan was bent over by a tree, holding a stitch in his side.
- I continued running and running, even when I felt a sharp stitch at my side.
- She made it to the very end of the hall, gasping for air with one hand gripping at the stitch in her side, the other clutching her forehead.
- Her legs were starting to grow tired and sore, and a stitch of pain was erupting in her side.
- The teachers jogged off-court, many of them out of breath, panting, or clutching stitches at their sides.
- She remembered running, running all the way to Marcus Berenson's house, her anger fuelling her, not even caring about the stitch in her side, or her gasping lungs.
- I went to his side, breathing heavily and clutching at a stitch at my side.
- ‘She's coming,’ he gasps, clutching at a stitch in his side.
- As I staggered onto the airstrip, clutching the stitch in my side and breathing hard, I tried to recall where I had seen that design of red and white.
- Shaking, he entered, disregarding the stitch in his side and the back of his sweat-soaked tunic clinging to his flesh.
- The stitch in her side burned painfully and her legs ached.
- I was already getting stitches in the side, from trying not to laugh.
- I dashed out of class, grabbed the books I needed from my locker, and sprinted to my car so quickly I got a stitch in my side.
- I didn't care, and felt the urge to swear again but was too out of breath to do more than wheeze and clutch at the stitch in my side.
- She ran until she had a stitch in her side and then slowed down.
- When Meg reached the Movement classroom, she was out of breath, blinking, and clutching a stitch at her side.
- Almost out of breath and with a painful stitch in my side, I forced myself into motion once again.
Synonyms
sharp pain, stabbing pain, shooting pain, stab of pain, pang, twinge, spasm

verbstɪtʃstiCH

[with object]

Make, mend, or join (something) with stitches.
缝；缝补；缝合
stitch a plain seam with right sides together
用平针把两个正面相对缝合起来。
they stitched the cut on her face
他们缝合了她脸上的伤口。
as adjective,in combination hand-stitched English dresses
Example sentencesExamples
- Beginning in the quilt center, machine stitch in the ditch along all vertical seamlines.
- We buy cloth and patterns, and cut them out, and stitch them together.
- It really is amazing to think that children as young as seven stitched samplers.
- He had screamed in agony as cuts on his feet were stitched without anaesthetic.
- Once the implant is in place, the gum is stitched over it and the area is left to heal.
- To allow for turn of the cloth, stitch right next to the crease, with the needle toward the cut edge.
- The victim went to the infirmary and left after a nurse stitched his wound.
- At the end of the design, carefully stitch directly over three or four beginning stitches.
- The pattern is programmed to stitch an outline around the shape to hold it in place while the edge is stitched.
- To keep the quality on par with branded items, the cloth is double stitched.
- Each part is then stitched together like a quilt, sometimes almost a note at a time.
- He was taken to Frere Hospital where a large gash in his leg was stitched.
- It was then explained to me that she creates the clothing by layering and drying the acrylic paint into designs which she then stitches together into finished pieces.
- The dresses are stitched on the institute premises by the students and displayed on a select day.
- That the poor she visited probably stitched her underwear together for a dollar a week never occurs to her.
- Once the fabric is stitched to the inside of the boot, it will block human odor for the life of the boot.
- Fred had stitched fine patchwork quilts that covered the beds and hung on the walls of his house.
- Quilters don't just stitch fabric pieces together, they sew fine art.
- Stuff legs with batting and stitch ends together to form a stalk long enough to wrap around child.
- Place the tape on the inside of the roll line and hand stitch firmly in place on both long edges.
Synonyms
sew, baste, tack, seam, hem

Phrases

in stitches

informal Laughing uncontrollably.
〈非正式〉忍俊不禁
his unique brand of droll self-mockery had his audiences in stitches
他别具一格的滑稽自嘲使得观众忍俊不禁。
Example sentencesExamples
- The actor-comedian kept the graduates and crowd of 30,000 in stitches.
- It worked so well: the entire area was in stitches laughing, myself included.
- We were in stitches at the idea of him suddenly recognising in horror that the grubby waif loitering around Grand Central for a cheap meal was actually his petite cousin.
- The glorious absurdity of that one line had me in stitches.
- You may or may not be in stitches, and maybe seeing it in print isn't the best way to appreciate it, but believe it or not the above joke has been scientifically proven to be the funniest there is.
- Tom and Freddie had a packed house in Dunphy's of Kill on Wednesday night and the comedian Big Mike had the crowd in stitches with his wonderful jokes.
- The funnyman had TV viewers in stitches with his no-nonsense approach to football during World Cup ad breaks and now he is proving his sporting prowess in the new event.
- By the time we reached the ship, we were all in stitches with tears running down our cheeks we were laughing so hard.
- He had a jocular way of telling his point of view and that often had the Senate in stitches.
- They all arrived at the bathroom at the same time to see their mother in stitches on the floor, laughing.

a stitch in time saves nine

proverb If you sort out a problem immediately it may save a lot of extra work later.
〈谚〉小洞不补，大洞吃苦
Example sentencesExamples
- The lead officer said: ‘It's a case of a stitch in time saves nine.’
- To employ an old bromide: "A stitch in time saves nine".
- But we will explain to people that sometimes a stitch in time saves nine and that there can be false economy.
- And so for these companies, the stitch in time has indeed saved nine.
- Men say that a stitch in time saves nine, and so they take a thousand stitches today to save nine tomorrow.
- We were always taught that a stitch in time saves nine, and perhaps that is exactly the case with the health system.
- In health, we believe a stitch in time saves nine.
- The Prime Minister has told us that a stitch in time saves nine, and in New Zealand First we totally agree with that statement, particularly as it relates to the health system.
- But definitely do this; your swimmer is only 14 and a stitch in time saves nine.

Origin

Old English stice ‘a puncture, stabbing pain’, of Germanic origin; related to German Stich ‘a sting, prick’, also to stick. The sense ‘loop’ (in sewing etc.) arose in Middle English.

词汇	stitch
释义	Definition of stitch in English: stitch noun stɪtʃstɪtʃ 1A loop of thread or yarn resulting from a single pass or movement of the needle in sewing, knitting, or crocheting. （缝纫、针织、钩编的）一针；针脚 Example sentencesExamples The lines are stitched in perfectly even stitches using waxed thread. Our modes and tonality, diverse ingredients and style unite in a tapestry of stitches belonging to different needles. You may count the stitches in a needlework more easily than with the textile actually in your hands. Holding the needle thread tail, take a stitch to draw the bobbin thread to the tuck surface. Old grandmothers sitting in a circle were stitching tiny colourful stitches on a quilt. Many is the judge whose lack of knowledge of needlework and stitches didn't prevent them staring with great interest at the costumes. They had to show me at least five ‘good’ running stitches, stitches that were the same length. Lorinda begins designing by playing with different stitches and needles sizes. The quilter first outlines her design with fine, tiny stitches, sewing front and back layers together at the same time. Stitch the mouth with a straight stitch, retracing the stitches as before on the ears. The first person she saw was Sally, sitting on one of the chairs, sewing fine, little stitches on her handkerchief. Crocheting, which is as easy as knitting, simply uses different stitches and a hooked needle. They even found a small kit for sewing stitches, just in case anyone knew how. Catherine took a few stitches with her needle, and then sat the material back on her lap. There are over 400 stitches on the needles at the moment and each row is going at a torturously slow pace. The women got down to work on it with large needles and red stitches. Delicately, she took up her crochet needles once more, and started her stitch. There's the strong likelihood of my stitches sliding off my needles with every movement. Thread the end of the yarn in a large-eyed needle and make a few stitches through the end of the tube to secure it before cutting off the yarn. Students learn to do math by knitting stitches together, and to count by placing nuts into bags. 1.1 A loop of thread used to join the edges of a wound or surgical incision. （伤口或手术切口的）缝合针 he had to have sixteen stitches to his head 他不得不在头上缝了16针。 Example sentencesExamples He had 19 surgical staples in his head wounds and other stitches in his hand, shoulder and leg. The wound took thirty stitches to suture, and by the time they returned to the cabin, it was midmorning. When the operation is complete, the incisions are closed with stitches and the four small wounds are covered with dressings. Skin adhesive (such as Dermabond) is a way to close small wounds without stitches. Each pile is tied off with a surgical stitch, or suture, and then the pile is cut away. Because the surgeon can reach the eardrum through ear canal, there is no visible incision or stitches. Your surgeon will then close the incision with stitches or clips and cover it with a dressing. Doctors do not usually use stitches to treat puncture wounds. Meanwhile, a defensive midfielder was the second Stanley player in a week to require stitches to a leg wound. The man required stitches to close a wound to the back of his head. The surgical wound clips or stitches may be removed while in hospital just before going home, but on occasion they will be removed after discharge from hospital by a GP or a nurse. The wires holding the sternum together are permanent, but the stitches closing the wound will gradually dissolve. He required six stitches for a face wound. He required stitches for both wounds but is now believed to have made a full recovery. Other lesions can be cut out entirely and the wound closed up with stitches. Postoperatively all the patients had healthy wounds and the stitches were removed on day 7. The skin is sewn together with stitches using a tiny needle. She said she had suffered continuing problems since the cheetah attacked her leg, ripping open a wound that required 28 stitches and years of physiotherapy. His wife, who is now separated from him, required 50 stitches to close the wound in her head. Following the assault last October, her cheekbone was found to be fractured, her finger broken and she required 24 stitches to head wounds. 1.2usually with modifier A method of sewing, knitting, or crocheting producing a particular pattern or design. （缝纫、针织、钩编的）缝法，针法，编法 basic embroidery stitches 基本的绣花针法。 Example sentencesExamples I found the making up for this pattern to be a bit odd and best countered with mattress stitch. In a circular pattern around and over and through the cross are appliquéd arcs and embroidered stitch marks that carry the eye round and round in an almost dizzying motion. Though lighter to wear, silk is not as durable as velvet, particularly when confronted with thousands of embroidery stitches. Each of these large areas are edged with stem or outline stitch in a contrasting colour. Some machines have the capability to automatically sew a tapered satin stitch. The V-neck style also has extensive tonal stitch detail. He painted designs for richly embroidered ecclesiastical vestments that required satin stitch and raised work in metallic and silk threads. Eileen spoke about printing onto interesting papers, transferring to materials, enhancing with pens and paint, machine stitching as well as hand stitches. She used satin stitches extensively for flowers and leaves, and cross stitches elsewhere. The standard corner stitch is used for closure of tissue corners with an approximate 90-degree angle. Make yourself this rainbow of a belt using two simple crochet stitches. They are made from pieces of muslin, constructed like a rag doll stuffed with scraps, with the outer surface covered with parallel darning stitches. Stitch the buttonhole as usual, removing any basting stitches when finished. Mom taught me the basic knit stitches when I was a kid. As young girls learn embroidery stitches from older women, they are initiated into the culture. The three layers are stitched together with quilting stitches that, until very recently, were worked by hand. In Claim 3, it will mean those stitches and the embroidery stitches. This work is done in long and short darn stitch created into innumerable designs and patterns. The beads were sewn on with an appliqué stitch using two needles. Apply it sparingly between buttonhole stitches and let it dry before cutting them open. 1.3informal in singular, usually with negative The smallest item of clothing. 〈非正式〉（最少的）一件衣服；一块布 nymphs with come-hither looks and not a stitch on 长相迷人且一丝不挂的仙女们。 Example sentencesExamples However, since she was brave enough to walk into the station without a stitch of clothing, all duty officers could do was shake their heads that the woman had the audacity to commit such an act. I think everybody took nearly every stitch of clothing we had off and emptied our pockets to give them everything we could. When I shop, I simply must try on every stitch of clothing - it is not unusual to spend two or three hours in the dressing room. Why, if their measure is to be taken from this lass, she hasn't a stitch of clothing, let alone a periapt or weapon. She didn't have a stitch of clothing on her body. If skimpy clothing is the lifeline of the ramp, the biggest fashion show is staged on the banks of Ganges every twelfth year when thousands of Naga sadhus parade without even a stitch on their body. THe trippers were happily munching sandwiches when they saw two women without a stitch of clothing being photographed by an older man near Scorton. I just splashed up and down, not a stitch of clothing on. Though her every possession down to her last stitch of clothing has been in and out of hock she remains loyal to her wise cracking beau. Staff passing by the windows of his sealed ward would see him jumping on his bed and waving to them, without a stitch of clothing on. What in the world was she doing hanging in chains from a wall, without a stitch of clothing? He hadn't a stitch of sportswear to pound the streets when he took the plunge to enter the New York City Marathon. But there you were without a stitch of clothing on. Kip picks up a black-and-white picture of two men standing outdoors with their arms around each other's slender waists - and not a stitch of clothing on either. Clad almost entirely in leather of a soft natural hue, the only stitch of clothing not fashioned from tanned animal skin was the linen material draped snug across their chiseled chests. Everyone who's normal should flop around their homes aimlessly without a stitch of clothing on at least once a month. Even with his promising not to remove a stitch of clothing during Sunday halftime performance, the NFL isn't about to go for anything smaller. This was a friend from New York, a boy scout no less, who I never saw with a stitch of clothing on the entire time. Isn't it a terrible country we're living in at the moment when poor people can't get a stitch to suit them in it. 2A sudden sharp pain in the side of the body, caused by strenuous exercise. （胁部）突然剧痛 he was panting and had a stitch 他大口喘着气，胁部突然感到一阵剧痛。 Example sentencesExamples I was already getting stitches in the side, from trying not to laugh. She made it to the very end of the hall, gasping for air with one hand gripping at the stitch in her side, the other clutching her forehead. I went to his side, breathing heavily and clutching at a stitch at my side. The stitch in her side was growing more and more painful with each step. ‘She's coming,’ he gasps, clutching at a stitch in his side. Shaking, he entered, disregarding the stitch in his side and the back of his sweat-soaked tunic clinging to his flesh. She clutched at a throbbing stitch in her side and ran on. Ryan was bent over by a tree, holding a stitch in his side. I continued running and running, even when I felt a sharp stitch at my side. Her legs were starting to grow tired and sore, and a stitch of pain was erupting in her side. The teachers jogged off-court, many of them out of breath, panting, or clutching stitches at their sides. Almost out of breath and with a painful stitch in my side, I forced myself into motion once again. I didn't care, and felt the urge to swear again but was too out of breath to do more than wheeze and clutch at the stitch in my side. He stopped outside his house, clutching a stitch in his side. She ran until she had a stitch in her side and then slowed down. When Meg reached the Movement classroom, she was out of breath, blinking, and clutching a stitch at her side. I dashed out of class, grabbed the books I needed from my locker, and sprinted to my car so quickly I got a stitch in my side. She remembered running, running all the way to Marcus Berenson's house, her anger fuelling her, not even caring about the stitch in her side, or her gasping lungs. The stitch in her side burned painfully and her legs ached. As I staggered onto the airstrip, clutching the stitch in my side and breathing hard, I tried to recall where I had seen that design of red and white. Synonyms sharp pain, stabbing pain, shooting pain, stab of pain, pang, twinge, spasm verb stɪtʃstɪtʃ [with object] 1Make, mend, or join (something) with stitches. 缝；缝补；缝合 stitch a plain seam with right sides together 用平针把两个正面相对缝合起来。 they stitched the cut on her face 他们缝合了她脸上的伤口。 hand-stitched dresses Example sentencesExamples Beginning in the quilt center, machine stitch in the ditch along all vertical seamlines. That the poor she visited probably stitched her underwear together for a dollar a week never occurs to her. Place the tape on the inside of the roll line and hand stitch firmly in place on both long edges. The victim went to the infirmary and left after a nurse stitched his wound. It was then explained to me that she creates the clothing by layering and drying the acrylic paint into designs which she then stitches together into finished pieces. It really is amazing to think that children as young as seven stitched samplers. To keep the quality on par with branded items, the cloth is double stitched. Each part is then stitched together like a quilt, sometimes almost a note at a time. At the end of the design, carefully stitch directly over three or four beginning stitches. Once the implant is in place, the gum is stitched over it and the area is left to heal. To allow for turn of the cloth, stitch right next to the crease, with the needle toward the cut edge. The pattern is programmed to stitch an outline around the shape to hold it in place while the edge is stitched. He had screamed in agony as cuts on his feet were stitched without anaesthetic. Quilters don't just stitch fabric pieces together, they sew fine art. Once the fabric is stitched to the inside of the boot, it will block human odor for the life of the boot. He was taken to Frere Hospital where a large gash in his leg was stitched. We buy cloth and patterns, and cut them out, and stitch them together. Fred had stitched fine patchwork quilts that covered the beds and hung on the walls of his house. Stuff legs with batting and stitch ends together to form a stalk long enough to wrap around child. The dresses are stitched on the institute premises by the students and displayed on a select day. Synonyms sew, baste, tack, seam, hem sew up, repair, mend, darn 2stitch something upBritish informal Manipulate a situation so that someone is placed at a disadvantage or wrongly blamed for something. 〈英，非正式〉操纵局势使…处于劣势；陷害 he was stitched up by outsiders and ousted as chairman 他受到局外人的诬陷而被罢免了主席的职位。 Example sentencesExamples They are trying to stitch us up - these are things that they don't say to us. In the past no-one batted an eyelid but we've learned that some people go out of their way to try to stitch you up; some people are like that. A substantial number within the hospital believes that he was stitched up and made a scapegoat for a practice which appears to be quite normal in many hospitals up and down the country. In an angry phone call, he accused me of ‘stitching him up’ and, although things got better over the years, there remained a certain coolness. She was more than willing to talk about all these things, which is cool, because I hate the idea of stitching someone up with a story they wouldn't want printed. And as a patriotic Turk at heart and by blood, too, he is confronted by the real probability that his grandfather was stitched up by the very same Turkish establishment he longed to join. Evidently deeply suspicious of British newspapers, she seems to misinterpret innocent questions as a ruse to stitch her up. He'd just been appointed deputy chairman of the party and, on the eve of the Blackpool conference, he'd been interviewed by the BBC without being advised and they stitched him up. Mostly, people will tell you that he was stitched up by his players and his assistant and his employers in the union. He has been stitched up - to raise money in his memory. Synonyms falsely incriminate, get someone into trouble informal frame, set up British informal fit someone up, drop someone in it 2.1stitch something up Arrange or secure a deal or agreement to one's advantage. 〈英，非正式〉达成（有利自己的）交易；缔结（有利自己的）协议 the company has stitched up major deals all over the world to boost sales 该公司为了促进销售已经在世界各地缔结了许多对自己有利的重要协议。 Example sentencesExamples Even this debate was tightly stitched up to marginalise anti-war voices. That is because the deal has not been stitched up properly. Instead, after a deal was stitched up with the big unions, the conference voted for a statement from the Labour National Executive which linked Britain's eventual withdrawal of troops to the return of democracy in Iraq. The bill was rejected by Parliament twice, yet he persisted with it and passed it in an amended form after a deal was stitched up with an independent member of parliament. Their frequent bilateral meetings meant that EU summits were often stitched up in advance. The only answer must be that a deal has been stitched up between the two men, who agreed over dinner nine years ago that Tony would one day hand over to Gordon. Early last week, speculation began to emerge that Lehman Brothers was poised to bid and the deal would be stitched up in time for the upcoming results announcement. Once a deal has been stitched up, he will almost certainly be out-voted by the European, African and Asian delegates. It was all stitched up and done before we got there and nothing anybody said from the floor was going to change their minds. In future the BBC in Scotland will decide on how it covers the news on strict editorial grounds instead of how the director-general in London wants the news presented and has stitched it up with Downing Street. Phrases in stitches informal Laughing uncontrollably. 〈非正式〉忍俊不禁 his droll self-mockery had us in stitches 他别具一格的滑稽自嘲使得观众忍俊不禁。 Example sentencesExamples You may or may not be in stitches, and maybe seeing it in print isn't the best way to appreciate it, but believe it or not the above joke has been scientifically proven to be the funniest there is. They all arrived at the bathroom at the same time to see their mother in stitches on the floor, laughing. We were in stitches at the idea of him suddenly recognising in horror that the grubby waif loitering around Grand Central for a cheap meal was actually his petite cousin. The glorious absurdity of that one line had me in stitches. By the time we reached the ship, we were all in stitches with tears running down our cheeks we were laughing so hard. It worked so well: the entire area was in stitches laughing, myself included. He had a jocular way of telling his point of view and that often had the Senate in stitches. Tom and Freddie had a packed house in Dunphy's of Kill on Wednesday night and the comedian Big Mike had the crowd in stitches with his wonderful jokes. The actor-comedian kept the graduates and crowd of 30,000 in stitches. The funnyman had TV viewers in stitches with his no-nonsense approach to football during World Cup ad breaks and now he is proving his sporting prowess in the new event. a stitch in time saves nine proverb If you sort out a problem immediately it may save extra work later. 〈谚〉小洞不补，大洞吃苦 Example sentencesExamples We were always taught that a stitch in time saves nine, and perhaps that is exactly the case with the health system. Men say that a stitch in time saves nine, and so they take a thousand stitches today to save nine tomorrow. The lead officer said: ‘It's a case of a stitch in time saves nine.’ But definitely do this; your swimmer is only 14 and a stitch in time saves nine. To employ an old bromide: "A stitch in time saves nine". The Prime Minister has told us that a stitch in time saves nine, and in New Zealand First we totally agree with that statement, particularly as it relates to the health system. In health, we believe a stitch in time saves nine. And so for these companies, the stitch in time has indeed saved nine. But we will explain to people that sometimes a stitch in time saves nine and that there can be false economy. Derivatives stitcher noun ˈstɪtʃəˈstɪtʃər A person who stitches something. clothes designed and handmade by expert stitcher Megan Example sentencesExamples In their latest public showing, the creative stitchers, who met while studying embroidery at Lancaster, have filled the Sedbergh gallery with their diverse and eye-catching work. There is a fantastic range of courses on offer, with something to cater for budding artists, computer fiends, IT beginners, yoga fanatics, chefs, historians and cross stitchers. In 1811, an Englishman led riots to destroy the new and efficient fabric looms installed by textile mills, which replaced many of the sewers and stitchers who had been employed by the mills. stitchery noun ˈstɪtʃəri The works consisted of supports ornamented or transformed by process - through tying, binding, unraveling and sewing, as well as stitchery and photographic representation. Example sentencesExamples Don't you like hearing compliments on your stitchery? The mental state and discipline needed to produce the laborious, meticulous, painstaking stitchery required for the making of watertight kamiks are not evident in Irene's work. When Americans collect these panels of stitchery, they quite commonly make them into colorful cushions. The skill of stitchery is developed as the kids sew the likes of the ‘Wily Wire Walker’ and the ‘Amazing Aerialist.’ stitchless adjective Another way of incorporating electrical networks into soldier clothing is through stitchless seam technologies that were first developed by Clemson University with prior Natick Mantech funds. Example sentencesExamples An adhesive element may be secured to each of the first material element and the second material element to form the stitchless configuration. Phacoemulsification cataract surgery is usually stitchless surgery performed under topical anesthesia (no injection technique) with foldable IOL implantation. Using the sponge, apply a generous amount of stitchless glue to the image side of the copy. So far, only about 30 percent of doctors nationwide use the tricky stitchless techniques. Origin Old English stice 'a puncture, stabbing pain', of Germanic origin; related to German Stich 'a sting, prick', also to stick². The sense 'loop' (in sewing etc.) arose in Middle English. In Anglo-Saxon times stitch was used to describe any sharp stabbing pain rather than just a pain in the side caused by strenuous exercise. The word is related to stick. Shakespeare seems to have been the first to mention a stitch brought on by laughing. In Twelfth Night Maria invites her fellow conspirators to observe the lovelorn Malvolio, saying: ‘If you…will laugh yourselves into stitches, follow me.’ The sewing sense of stitch arose in the Middle Ages. According to the 18th-century proverb, a stitch in time saves nine. In other words, if you sort out a problem immediately, it may save a lot of extra work later. There does not seem to be any particular significance in the choice of the number nine aside from its similarity in sound to the word ‘time’. Stitch up, meaning ‘to frame or betray someone’, is recorded only from the 1970s. It was probably suggested by the betrayal being as neat and conclusive as an invisible repair to an item of clothing. Rhymes bewitch, bitch, ditch, enrich, fitch, flitch, glitch, hitch, itch, kitsch, Mitch, pitch, quitch, rich, snitch, switch, titch, twitch, which, witch noun.1 phr. Definition of stitch in US English: stitch nounstɪtʃstiCH 1A loop of thread or yarn resulting from a single pass or movement of the needle in sewing, knitting, or crocheting. （缝纫、针织、钩编的）一针；针脚 Example sentencesExamples Stitch the mouth with a straight stitch, retracing the stitches as before on the ears. Many is the judge whose lack of knowledge of needlework and stitches didn't prevent them staring with great interest at the costumes. They even found a small kit for sewing stitches, just in case anyone knew how. Catherine took a few stitches with her needle, and then sat the material back on her lap. The quilter first outlines her design with fine, tiny stitches, sewing front and back layers together at the same time. Holding the needle thread tail, take a stitch to draw the bobbin thread to the tuck surface. There's the strong likelihood of my stitches sliding off my needles with every movement. Thread the end of the yarn in a large-eyed needle and make a few stitches through the end of the tube to secure it before cutting off the yarn. Lorinda begins designing by playing with different stitches and needles sizes. The women got down to work on it with large needles and red stitches. Crocheting, which is as easy as knitting, simply uses different stitches and a hooked needle. The first person she saw was Sally, sitting on one of the chairs, sewing fine, little stitches on her handkerchief. There are over 400 stitches on the needles at the moment and each row is going at a torturously slow pace. The lines are stitched in perfectly even stitches using waxed thread. Our modes and tonality, diverse ingredients and style unite in a tapestry of stitches belonging to different needles. Delicately, she took up her crochet needles once more, and started her stitch. They had to show me at least five ‘good’ running stitches, stitches that were the same length. Students learn to do math by knitting stitches together, and to count by placing nuts into bags. You may count the stitches in a needlework more easily than with the textile actually in your hands. Old grandmothers sitting in a circle were stitching tiny colourful stitches on a quilt. 1.1 A loop of thread used to join the edges of a wound or surgical incision. （伤口或手术切口的）缝合针 a neck wound requiring forty stitches Example sentencesExamples When the operation is complete, the incisions are closed with stitches and the four small wounds are covered with dressings. Following the assault last October, her cheekbone was found to be fractured, her finger broken and she required 24 stitches to head wounds. He had 19 surgical staples in his head wounds and other stitches in his hand, shoulder and leg. He required six stitches for a face wound. The skin is sewn together with stitches using a tiny needle. The surgical wound clips or stitches may be removed while in hospital just before going home, but on occasion they will be removed after discharge from hospital by a GP or a nurse. His wife, who is now separated from him, required 50 stitches to close the wound in her head. The man required stitches to close a wound to the back of his head. Other lesions can be cut out entirely and the wound closed up with stitches. The wires holding the sternum together are permanent, but the stitches closing the wound will gradually dissolve. Because the surgeon can reach the eardrum through ear canal, there is no visible incision or stitches. He required stitches for both wounds but is now believed to have made a full recovery. Your surgeon will then close the incision with stitches or clips and cover it with a dressing. Postoperatively all the patients had healthy wounds and the stitches were removed on day 7. Doctors do not usually use stitches to treat puncture wounds. Each pile is tied off with a surgical stitch, or suture, and then the pile is cut away. The wound took thirty stitches to suture, and by the time they returned to the cabin, it was midmorning. She said she had suffered continuing problems since the cheetah attacked her leg, ripping open a wound that required 28 stitches and years of physiotherapy. Meanwhile, a defensive midfielder was the second Stanley player in a week to require stitches to a leg wound. Skin adhesive (such as Dermabond) is a way to close small wounds without stitches. 1.2usually with modifier A method of sewing, knitting, or crocheting producing a particular pattern or design. （缝纫、针织、钩编的）缝法，针法，编法 basic embroidery stitches 基本的绣花针法。 Example sentencesExamples She used satin stitches extensively for flowers and leaves, and cross stitches elsewhere. They are made from pieces of muslin, constructed like a rag doll stuffed with scraps, with the outer surface covered with parallel darning stitches. Mom taught me the basic knit stitches when I was a kid. In Claim 3, it will mean those stitches and the embroidery stitches. The beads were sewn on with an appliqué stitch using two needles. The V-neck style also has extensive tonal stitch detail. Eileen spoke about printing onto interesting papers, transferring to materials, enhancing with pens and paint, machine stitching as well as hand stitches. In a circular pattern around and over and through the cross are appliquéd arcs and embroidered stitch marks that carry the eye round and round in an almost dizzying motion. Make yourself this rainbow of a belt using two simple crochet stitches. The standard corner stitch is used for closure of tissue corners with an approximate 90-degree angle. The three layers are stitched together with quilting stitches that, until very recently, were worked by hand. Each of these large areas are edged with stem or outline stitch in a contrasting colour. This work is done in long and short darn stitch created into innumerable designs and patterns. He painted designs for richly embroidered ecclesiastical vestments that required satin stitch and raised work in metallic and silk threads. Some machines have the capability to automatically sew a tapered satin stitch. Stitch the buttonhole as usual, removing any basting stitches when finished. As young girls learn embroidery stitches from older women, they are initiated into the culture. Though lighter to wear, silk is not as durable as velvet, particularly when confronted with thousands of embroidery stitches. Apply it sparingly between buttonhole stitches and let it dry before cutting them open. I found the making up for this pattern to be a bit odd and best countered with mattress stitch. 1.3informal in singular, usually with negative The smallest item of clothing. 〈非正式〉（最少的）一件衣服；一块布 a man answered the door without a stitch on Example sentencesExamples Everyone who's normal should flop around their homes aimlessly without a stitch of clothing on at least once a month. Clad almost entirely in leather of a soft natural hue, the only stitch of clothing not fashioned from tanned animal skin was the linen material draped snug across their chiseled chests. THe trippers were happily munching sandwiches when they saw two women without a stitch of clothing being photographed by an older man near Scorton. If skimpy clothing is the lifeline of the ramp, the biggest fashion show is staged on the banks of Ganges every twelfth year when thousands of Naga sadhus parade without even a stitch on their body. He hadn't a stitch of sportswear to pound the streets when he took the plunge to enter the New York City Marathon. What in the world was she doing hanging in chains from a wall, without a stitch of clothing? Staff passing by the windows of his sealed ward would see him jumping on his bed and waving to them, without a stitch of clothing on. But there you were without a stitch of clothing on. She didn't have a stitch of clothing on her body. Kip picks up a black-and-white picture of two men standing outdoors with their arms around each other's slender waists - and not a stitch of clothing on either. I think everybody took nearly every stitch of clothing we had off and emptied our pockets to give them everything we could. However, since she was brave enough to walk into the station without a stitch of clothing, all duty officers could do was shake their heads that the woman had the audacity to commit such an act. I just splashed up and down, not a stitch of clothing on. Even with his promising not to remove a stitch of clothing during Sunday halftime performance, the NFL isn't about to go for anything smaller. Though her every possession down to her last stitch of clothing has been in and out of hock she remains loyal to her wise cracking beau. When I shop, I simply must try on every stitch of clothing - it is not unusual to spend two or three hours in the dressing room. This was a friend from New York, a boy scout no less, who I never saw with a stitch of clothing on the entire time. Isn't it a terrible country we're living in at the moment when poor people can't get a stitch to suit them in it. Why, if their measure is to be taken from this lass, she hasn't a stitch of clothing, let alone a periapt or weapon. 2A sudden sharp pain in the side of the body, caused by strenuous exercise. （胁部）突然剧痛 she ran with a stitch in her side Example sentencesExamples The stitch in her side was growing more and more painful with each step. He stopped outside his house, clutching a stitch in his side. She clutched at a throbbing stitch in her side and ran on. Ryan was bent over by a tree, holding a stitch in his side. I continued running and running, even when I felt a sharp stitch at my side. She made it to the very end of the hall, gasping for air with one hand gripping at the stitch in her side, the other clutching her forehead. Her legs were starting to grow tired and sore, and a stitch of pain was erupting in her side. The teachers jogged off-court, many of them out of breath, panting, or clutching stitches at their sides. She remembered running, running all the way to Marcus Berenson's house, her anger fuelling her, not even caring about the stitch in her side, or her gasping lungs. I went to his side, breathing heavily and clutching at a stitch at my side. ‘She's coming,’ he gasps, clutching at a stitch in his side. As I staggered onto the airstrip, clutching the stitch in my side and breathing hard, I tried to recall where I had seen that design of red and white. Shaking, he entered, disregarding the stitch in his side and the back of his sweat-soaked tunic clinging to his flesh. The stitch in her side burned painfully and her legs ached. I was already getting stitches in the side, from trying not to laugh. I dashed out of class, grabbed the books I needed from my locker, and sprinted to my car so quickly I got a stitch in my side. I didn't care, and felt the urge to swear again but was too out of breath to do more than wheeze and clutch at the stitch in my side. She ran until she had a stitch in her side and then slowed down. When Meg reached the Movement classroom, she was out of breath, blinking, and clutching a stitch at her side. Almost out of breath and with a painful stitch in my side, I forced myself into motion once again. Synonyms sharp pain, stabbing pain, shooting pain, stab of pain, pang, twinge, spasm verbstɪtʃstiCH [with object] Make, mend, or join (something) with stitches. 缝；缝补；缝合 stitch a plain seam with right sides together 用平针把两个正面相对缝合起来。 they stitched the cut on her face 他们缝合了她脸上的伤口。 as adjective,in combination hand-stitched English dresses Example sentencesExamples Beginning in the quilt center, machine stitch in the ditch along all vertical seamlines. We buy cloth and patterns, and cut them out, and stitch them together. It really is amazing to think that children as young as seven stitched samplers. He had screamed in agony as cuts on his feet were stitched without anaesthetic. Once the implant is in place, the gum is stitched over it and the area is left to heal. To allow for turn of the cloth, stitch right next to the crease, with the needle toward the cut edge. The victim went to the infirmary and left after a nurse stitched his wound. At the end of the design, carefully stitch directly over three or four beginning stitches. The pattern is programmed to stitch an outline around the shape to hold it in place while the edge is stitched. To keep the quality on par with branded items, the cloth is double stitched. Each part is then stitched together like a quilt, sometimes almost a note at a time. He was taken to Frere Hospital where a large gash in his leg was stitched. It was then explained to me that she creates the clothing by layering and drying the acrylic paint into designs which she then stitches together into finished pieces. The dresses are stitched on the institute premises by the students and displayed on a select day. That the poor she visited probably stitched her underwear together for a dollar a week never occurs to her. Once the fabric is stitched to the inside of the boot, it will block human odor for the life of the boot. Fred had stitched fine patchwork quilts that covered the beds and hung on the walls of his house. Quilters don't just stitch fabric pieces together, they sew fine art. Stuff legs with batting and stitch ends together to form a stalk long enough to wrap around child. Place the tape on the inside of the roll line and hand stitch firmly in place on both long edges. Synonyms sew, baste, tack, seam, hem Phrases in stitches informal Laughing uncontrollably. 〈非正式〉忍俊不禁 his unique brand of droll self-mockery had his audiences in stitches 他别具一格的滑稽自嘲使得观众忍俊不禁。 Example sentencesExamples The actor-comedian kept the graduates and crowd of 30,000 in stitches. It worked so well: the entire area was in stitches laughing, myself included. We were in stitches at the idea of him suddenly recognising in horror that the grubby waif loitering around Grand Central for a cheap meal was actually his petite cousin. The glorious absurdity of that one line had me in stitches. You may or may not be in stitches, and maybe seeing it in print isn't the best way to appreciate it, but believe it or not the above joke has been scientifically proven to be the funniest there is. Tom and Freddie had a packed house in Dunphy's of Kill on Wednesday night and the comedian Big Mike had the crowd in stitches with his wonderful jokes. The funnyman had TV viewers in stitches with his no-nonsense approach to football during World Cup ad breaks and now he is proving his sporting prowess in the new event. By the time we reached the ship, we were all in stitches with tears running down our cheeks we were laughing so hard. He had a jocular way of telling his point of view and that often had the Senate in stitches. They all arrived at the bathroom at the same time to see their mother in stitches on the floor, laughing. a stitch in time saves nine proverb If you sort out a problem immediately it may save a lot of extra work later. 〈谚〉小洞不补，大洞吃苦 Example sentencesExamples The lead officer said: ‘It's a case of a stitch in time saves nine.’ To employ an old bromide: "A stitch in time saves nine". But we will explain to people that sometimes a stitch in time saves nine and that there can be false economy. And so for these companies, the stitch in time has indeed saved nine. Men say that a stitch in time saves nine, and so they take a thousand stitches today to save nine tomorrow. We were always taught that a stitch in time saves nine, and perhaps that is exactly the case with the health system. In health, we believe a stitch in time saves nine. The Prime Minister has told us that a stitch in time saves nine, and in New Zealand First we totally agree with that statement, particularly as it relates to the health system. But definitely do this; your swimmer is only 14 and a stitch in time saves nine. Origin Old English stice ‘a puncture, stabbing pain’, of Germanic origin; related to German Stich ‘a sting, prick’, also to stick. The sense ‘loop’ (in sewing etc.) arose in Middle English. noun.1 phr.
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