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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 7180 COCA: 8135

seam

Word family 
Related topics: Material & textiles, Geology
seam /siːm/ noun [countableC]   → seem
1  TIMa line where two pieces of cloth, leather etc have been stitched together 〔两块布、皮革等连接处的〕缝，线缝
 She was repairing Billy’s trousers, where the seam had come undone.
她在补比利裤子的开线处。
 Join the shoulder seams together.
把肩部缝起来。
2  HEGa layer of a mineral under the ground 矿层
seam of coal/iron etc 煤层/铁矿层等
3  be coming/falling apart at the seams 
a) FAILif a plan, organization etc is coming apart at the seams, so many things are going wrong with it that it will probably fail 〔计划〕接近失败；〔组织〕分崩离析
 The health service seems to be falling apart at the seams.
公共医疗卫生服务似乎到了崩溃的边缘。
b) CONDITION/STATE OF somethingif a piece of clothing is coming apart at the seams, the stitches on it are coming unfastened 〔衣服的〕线缝裂开，缝口破裂
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be coming/falling apart at the seams• The country's whole economy is coming apart at the seams.
4. be bursting/bulging at the seams FULLif a room or building is bursting at the seams, it is so full of people that hardly anyone else can fit into it 〔房间、建筑〕爆满，过于拥挤
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be bursting/bulging at the seams• The auditorium was bulging at the seams during the governor's talk.• The island couldn't be bursting at the seams, surely?
5  a (rich) seam of something a thing, place, or group from which a type of thing can be obtained 某物很丰富，大量的某物
 The 466-page book is a rich seam of statistical information.
这本466页的书是一个内容丰富的统计信息库。
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a (rich) seam of something• He shall make half a seam of malt for one work and the lord shall provide firewood.• Along the line of her brow lay a seam of piercing pain.• This produced a rich seam of tips, much of it from the artists at the Theatre Royal during rehearsals.
6. a line where two pieces of metal, wood etc have been joined together 〔两块金属、木头等的〕接合处，接缝
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seam• Neil's shirt was torn at the shoulder seam.• Although sturdily built, the handsets were being returned because of cracking and splitting at the seams.• In New York and elsewhere, a new race consciousness was beginning to tear at the seams of the civil rights consensus.
seam of coal/iron etc• The buried forests became seams of coal and the strata of mud and sand hardened into shale and sandstone.• And how he could work up to his thighs in water in a two-foot seam of coal.• As the seams of coal and iron were exhausted, or became unprofitable to work, mining and smelting diminished.
Origin seam
Old English
seam noun
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 7180 COCA: 8135
seam

noun¹

 1in fabric織物VERB + SEAM | PHRASES VERB + SEAM➤sew, stitch把縫縫起來；把縫綴補上◇She sewed the seam with small neat stitches.她用細小規整的針腳縫好了縫口。➤press把接縫熨平▸➤rip撕開接縫PHRASES➤be bursting at the seams (often figurative) 脹破接縫；擠滿◇This city is bursting at the seams with would-be actors.這座城市聚集了大量夢想成為演員的人。➤come apart at the seams, fall apart at the seams (both often figurative) 縫口破裂；失敗◇Their marriage was coming apart at the seams.他們的婚姻出現了裂痕。
seam

noun²

 2of coal, etc.煤ADJECTIVE | VERB + SEAM ADJECTIVE➤coal煤層▸➤rich富礦層◇They're still mining a rich seam of high-grade coal.他們仍在開採富含優質煤的礦層。➤narrow狹窄礦層VERB + SEAM➤exploit, mine (especially BrE) 開發／開採礦層◇The festival exploits a rich seam of talent in the local area. (figurative) 這一節慶活動選拔使用了當地一大批能人。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 7180 COCA: 8135
seam noun
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 7180 COCA: 8135
seam
General words for sewing and needlework: alteration, appliqué, chain stitch...
The place where parts join: joint, join, splice...
Mining and quarrying: coal, coalface, coalfield...

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