n.[C]

1. （衣服等的）摺邊，摺縫
2. （鋼板等的）捲邊
3. 邊，邊沿
   the hem of the sea

   海邊

vt.

1. 給……縫邊（或鑲邊）
   She hemmed the trousers.

   她縫了褲子的摺邊。

2. 包圍；禁閉[（+in/about/around）]
   The lake is hemmed in on all sides by weeping willows.

   湖四周栽滿垂柳。

vi.

1. 做摺邊

int.

1. （表示懷疑等或喚起別人注意）哼，嗯

n.[C]

1. "哼"聲

vi.

1. 發哼聲；清嗓子
   His naughty daughter stole up on him and hemmed.

   他那調皮的女兒偷偷走近他，然後輕咳一聲。

2. 說話吞吞吐吐
   The deputy chairman hemmed and hawed without giving a definite answer.

   副主席說話吞吞吐吐，沒有給個明確的答覆。

n.

v.

1. turn under and sew the edge of (a piece of cloth).
2. (hem someone/thing in) surround and restrict the space or movement of someone or something.

exclam.

v.