sew: [OE] Sew comes, with its relatives Swedish sy and Danish sye, from a prehistoric Germanic *siwjan. This was descended from an Indo- European base *siw-, *sju- that also produced Latin suere ‘sew’ (source of English suture [16]), Greek humén ‘membrane’ (source of English hymen [17]), and English seam. It is no relation to sow. => hymen, seam, suture
sew (v.)
Old English siwian "to stitch, sew, mend, patch, knit together," earlier siowian, from Proto-Germanic *siwjanan (cognates: Old Norse syja, Swedish sy, Danish sye, Old Frisian sia, Old High German siuwan, Gothic siujan "to sew"), from PIE root *syu- "to bind, sew" (cognates: Sanskrit sivyati "sews," sutram "thread, string;" Greek hymen "thin skin, membrane," hymnos "song;" Latin suere "to sew, sew together;" Old Church Slavonic ?ijo "to sew," ?ivu "seam;" Lettish siuviu, siuti "to sew," siuvikis "tailor;" Russian ?vec "tailor"). Related: Sewed; sewing. To sew (something) up "bring it to a conclusion" is a figurative use attested by 1904.
例文
1. I know how to darn,and how to sew a button.
私はパッチを当てて、ボタンを縫うことができます。
2.I had plenty of space to write and sew .
書くのに十分なスペースと裁縫をすることができます。
3.Next day,Miss Stone decided to sew up the rip.
翌日、ストーンさんは破れた場所を縫うことにした。
4.Mrs Roberts was a dressmaker,and she taught her daughter to sew .