weave

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weave1 /wiːv/ ●○○ verb (past tense wove /wəʊv $ woʊv/, past participle woven /ˈwəʊvən $ ˈwoʊ-/)  1  cloth etc 布等 [intransitive, transitive]TIC to make cloth, a carpet, a basket etc by crossing threads or thin pieces under and over each other by hand or on a loom 编，织 hand-woven scarves 手织围巾 Only a few of the women still weave. 只有数量很少的妇女还在编织。 traditional basket weaving 传统的编篮技术 →4  See picture of 见图 HANDICRAFT2  story 故事 [transitive]INVENT to put many different ideas, subjects, stories etc together and connect them smoothly 编造，编纂，组合 She weaves a complicated plot of romance and intrigue. 她编织了一套爱情与阴谋交织的复杂情节。weave something together the complex patterns which evolve when individuals’ lives are woven together 个人生活交织在一起形成的复杂格局3. weave your magic/weave a spell to attract or interest someone very much 使人入迷4  move 移动 (past tense and past participle weaved) [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive]TURN to move somewhere by turning and changing direction a lot 迂回[穿插]行进 cyclists weaving in and out of the traffic 在车流中穿进穿出的骑车人weave your way through/to etc something Lori spotted them as they weaved their way through the tables. 他们在桌子中间穿行时，被洛丽看到了。→ See Verb table

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weave• The old highway weaved its way through Tucson.• The river weaved across the plain, towards the sea.• The trainees danced and weaved like boxers.• Visitors to the center can weave a white oak basket.• It is also true that several novelists, such as Carpentier and Fuentes, delight in weaving elaborate, formal patterns.• Only a few of the Navajo women still weave full time.• Norte weaves her observations into a witty text, filling it with multicultural detail.• We were shown how to summarize an opinion, argue with it, weave it into our own interpretations.• They are, in the most fundamental sense, magical: they weave spells, they conjure something out of nothing.• She decides to weave the most beautiful blanket in the world and falls into a trance.• Why not discover them and weave them into your do-it-yourself material.weave your way through/to etc something• Lori spotted them as they weaved their way through the tables, and waved.• Mercutio is enjoying himself, weaving his way through a fantastical set of images.• The coach driver weaves his way through washed-out bits of road.

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weave2 noun [countable]  TICthe way in which a material is woven, and the pattern formed by this 织法；编织式样 a fine weave 精织法

Examples from the Corpus

weave• A weave of geographical / ecological representation and spiritual / cultural representation would result.• But the issue penetrates, or ought to, rather deeper than the fine weave of legal technicality.• Guitar legend Ry Cooder adds his simpatico guitar weaves.• Nylon: A plain weave nylon.Origin weave1 1. Old English wefan2. (1500-1600) Perhaps from Old Norse veifa “to wave”

weave1 verbweave2 nounChinese  

a cloth, basket carpet, a Corpus make etc to

weave

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weave¹ /wiːv/ verb (past tense wove /wəʊv $ woʊv/, past participle woven /ˈwəʊvən $ ˈwoʊ-/)1.  CLOTH ETC  [intransitive and transitive] to make cloth, a carpet, a basket etc by crossing threads or thin pieces under and over each other by hand or on a loom:
    hand-woven scarves
    Only a few of the women still weave.
2.  STORY  [transitive] to put many different ideas, subjects, stories etc together and connect them smoothly:
    She weaves a complicated plot of romance and intrigue.
    weave something together
    the complex patterns which evolve when individuals’ lives are woven together
3. weave your magic/weave a spell to attract or interest someone very much
4.  MOVE (past tense and past participle weaved) [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive] to move somewhere by turning and changing direction a lot:
    cyclists weaving in and out of the traffic
    weave your way through/to etc something
    Lori spotted them as they weaved their way through the tables.
    traditional basket weaving

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weave² noun [countable]
the way in which a material is woven, and the pattern formed by this:
    a fine weave