0 the edge of a piece of cloth, such as the bottom edge of a skirt or dress, that is folded over and sewn so that it does not develop loose threads -- （衣服等的）褶邊，邊
I took the hem up/let the hem down. 我把褶邊改短／放長。
1 to sew a hem on a piece of clothing or cloth -- 給…縫褶邊
I need to hem those curtains. 我得給那些窗簾縫上褶邊。
These parts are normally hemmed with hydraulic machines which are quite expensive and specially designed for the current type of car.
But the collars, cuffs and hems of linen undergarments signalled a common fascination with cleanliness and display among most social ranks.
Long nightdresses and dressing gowns were mentioned as being a problem, due to the risk of tripping on the hem.
Today it is hemmed in by similarly large buildings on all sides but the south.
The problem is that the robot has to apply a constant force onto the part to be hemmed, so robot deviations cause bad hemming results.
One possibility of accounting for the generic reading of dinosaurs and hems here is to treat (i) and (ii) on a par with irrealis there-clauses.
It would have a very big hem underneath that you would let down as you grew.
The hospitals, which needed to expand, were hemmed in by surrounding development.
