A stitch made by inserting the needle at the midpoint of a preceding stitch so that the stitches overlap by half lengths. 回針縫在先前縫的一針中間加縫的一針,以便使針腳的交錯重疊為原來(lái)長(cháng)度的一半
She reckoned she had cut her cost by half. 她估計她減少了一半的費用。
If we wire into this job we shall be finished by half past ten. 如果我們抓緊干,10點(diǎn)半前就可以干完。
It's exasperating to run for a train and then miss it by half a minute. 跑著(zhù)趕火車(chē),卻差半分鐘沒(méi)趕上,真氣人。