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sewing machine

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Sewing & knitting
ˈsewing maˌchine noun [countable]  DLHa machine for stitching cloth or clothes together 缝纫机
Examples from the Corpus
sewing machineHe had just bought a sewing machine in Warsaw and he intended to open his own shop in their small town.With a sewing machine and polyester thread to match the garment, set two rows of straight stitches by the tacking stitches.A sewing machine has only one bobbin.We never close the branch-line of the heart, its sad little, slow little sewing machine.Take the case of the Singer sewing machine.Then the announcement that she had bought a used sewing machine.
ˈsewing maˌchine nounChineseSyllable
Corpus cloth machine or clothes stitching for a


sewing machine
ˈsewing maˌchine noun [countable]
a machine for stitching cloth or clothes together


sewing machineBrE /ˈsəʊɪŋ məʃiːn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsoʊɪŋ məʃiːn/ 🔊 noun
a machine that is used for sewing things that are made of cloth 缝纫机