seams

英 [siːmz]

美 [simz]

n.  (缝合两块布等的)线缝，接缝; 矿层; 煤层; (合在一起的两块木板等之间的)接缝，缝隙，裂缝
seam的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• (两块布的)缝，线缝,接缝
  Aseamis a line of stitches which joins two pieces of cloth together.
• N-COUNT 煤层
  Aseamof coal is a long, narrow layer of it underneath the ground.
  1. The average UK coal seam is one metre thick.
     英国煤层的平均厚度为 1 米。
• PHRASE 停止正常运行;崩溃
  If somethingis coming apart at the seamsoris falling apart at the seams, it is no longer working properly and may soon stop working completely.
  1. Britain's university system is in danger of falling apart at the seams.
     英国的大学体系面临分崩离析的危险。
• PHRASE (场所)过于拥挤，人满为患
  If a place is very full, you can say that itis bursting at the seams.
  1. The hotels of Warsaw, Prague and Budapest were bursting at the seams.
     华沙、布拉格和布达佩斯的旅馆均是人满为患。

双语例句

• I ate so much I thought I'd burst at the seams.
  我吃了这么多，我想我吃得过饱了。
• We live in a world bulging at the seams with data.
  我们生活在一个数据膨胀的世界。
• In this process, natural gas is gathered by drilling into underground coal seams.
  在这种工艺中，通过钻探地下煤层来采集天然气。
• Your coat has split at the seams.
  你的上装接缝处裂开了。
• Therefore there is no risk of leakage in the welding seams.
  这样焊接部分就没有泄漏危险了。
• Coal seams intermixed with iron ore.
  煤层和铁矿混杂在一起。
• I've put on such a lot of weight recently& this dress is straining at the seams.
  我最近重了这么多&这裙子都绷紧了。
• They extract coal from seams the mining of ore or coal from an open mine.
  他们从矿层中采煤。从敞开的矿井提取矿石或煤的采矿。
• The paper has demonstrated corresponding problems concerned stratigraphic division and correlation of coal seams by utilization of logging data.
  本文就综合利用测井资料对地层划分、煤层对比等相关问题进行了阐述。
• The camps are said to be bursting at the seams
  据说帐篷的缝合处快炸线了。