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stitch THREADstItFn [C]a piece of thread sewn in cloth, or the single movement of a needle and thread into and out of the cloth which produces this针脚，一针Secure the two pieces together with a couple of stitches.将两片东西缝几针连在一起。She had sewn the wrong bits of material together and so had to unpick (= take out) the stitches and start again.她错缝了布料，因此她只能拆了针脚重新缝。A stitch is also a turn of wool made around a knitting needle or crochet-hook.（编结时）一针He cast on/off a stitch (= added/removed a length of thread from the needle).他加了/拆了一针。I've dropped a stitch (= lost a length of thread from the needle).我漏了一针。A stitch is also a particular type of stitch made in sewing or KNITTING, or the pattern which this produces.针法，编织法The bedspread was embroidered with cross-stitch.这床罩上用十字针绣着花。The most common sewing machines use a stitch called a lock stitch.缝纫机上最常用的针法叫做锁式针。A stitch is also a length of special thread used to join the edges of a deep cut in the flesh.（缝伤口）一针Her head wounds needed 50 stitches.她头上的伤口需要缝50针。He's gone to the doctor's to have his stitches taken out.他去医院拆线。He got hit with a broken bottle and needed five stitches in his cheek.他被破瓶子砸了，面颊上需要缝5针。(infml usually in negatives) A stitch is also a piece of clothing.一件衣服I haven't got a stitch to wear (= I have not got anything to wear) for this party tonight.今晚的晚会我没有衣服穿。She ran down the corridor to the bathroom without a stitch on (= naked).她赤裸着经过走廊跑进浴室。(saying) 'A stitch in time (saves nine)'means that it is better to act or deal with problems immediately, because if action is delayed until later, things will get worse and the problems will take longer to deal with.小洞不补，大洞吃苦。
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