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weave

verb
 
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In sense 4 weaved
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is used for the past tense and past participle.
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they weave
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he / she / it weaves
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past simple wove
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past participle woven
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-ing form weaving
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Idioms
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  1.  
    [transitive, intransitive] to make cloth, a carpet, a basket, etc. by crossing threads or narrow pieces of material across, over and under each other by hand or on a machine called a loom（用手或机器）编，织
    • weave A from B The baskets are woven from strips of willow.这些篮子是用柳条编的。🔊🔊
    • weave B into A The strips of willow are woven into baskets.用柳条编成篮子。🔊🔊
    • weave something together threads woven together织在一起的线
    • weave (something) Most spiders weave webs that are almost invisible.大多数蜘蛛可结成几乎看不见的网。🔊🔊
    • She is skilled at spinning and weaving.她是纺织能手。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • The carpet was specially woven to commemorate the 1 000th anniversary of the cathedral's foundation.这块地毯是为了纪念主教座堂建成1,000 周年而专门编织的。
    • The threads are woven together.这些线编织在一起。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • carefully
    • skilfully/​skillfully
    • seamlessly
    • …
    preposition
    • from
    • into
    See full entry
  2.  
    [transitive] weave A (out of/from B) | weave B (into A) to make something by twisting flowers, pieces of wood, etc. together（用…）编成
    • She deftly wove the flowers into a garland.她灵巧地把花编成了一个花环。🔊🔊
  3.  
    [intransitive, transitive] to move along by running and changing direction continuously to avoid things that are in your way迂回行进，穿行（以避开障碍）
    • + adv./prep. She was weaving in and out of the traffic.她在来往的车辆中穿来穿去。🔊🔊
    • He hurried on, weaving through the crowd.他急忙穿过人群。
    • The road weaves through a range of hills.这条路在群山中绕来绕去。🔊🔊
    • weave your way + adv./prep. He had to weave his way through the milling crowds.他不得不在来回乱转的人群中穿梭而行。🔊🔊
  4. [transitive] to put facts, events, details, etc. together to make a story or a closely connected whole（把…）编成，编纂成，编造（故事等）
    • weave (something into) something to weave a narrative编故事
    • weave something together The biography weaves together the various strands of Einstein's life.这部传记把爱因斯坦一生的各个方面编纂成书。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • Comedy and tragedy are inextricably woven into her fiction.在她的小说中，喜剧和悲剧错综交织。
    • Hall skilfully weaves the historical research into a gripping narrative.霍尔巧妙地把历史研究揉进了扣人心弦的故事叙述 。
    • The author seamlessly weaves together the stories of three people's lives.作者将 3 个人物的生活经历完美地结合在一起。
    • The whisky is inextricably woven into Scotland's history, customs and culture.威士忌已经成为了苏格兰历史、风俗和文化不可分割的一部份。
    • The author weaves the narrative around the detailed eyewitness accounts.作者根据目击者的详细叙述编出了这个故事。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • carefully
    • skilfully/​skillfully
    • seamlessly
    • …
    preposition
    • from
    • into
    See full entry
    5. Word Originverb senses 1 to 3 Old English wefan, of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek huphē ‘web’ and Sanskrit ūrṇavābhi ‘spider’, literally ‘wool-weaver’. The current noun sense dates from the late 19th cent. verb sense 4 late 16th cent.: probably from Old Norse veifa ‘to wave, brandish’.
Idioms
weave your magic | weave a spell (over somebody)
  1. (especially British English) to perform or behave in a way that is attractive or interesting, or that makes somebody behave in a particular way（对某人）施展魔力；发挥（对某人的）影响力
    • Will Hegerberg be able to weave her magic against Italy on Wednesday?赫格伯格能否在周三对阵意大利的比赛中编织她的魔法吗？

weave

noun
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  1. the way in which threads are arranged in a piece of cloth that has been woven; the pattern that the threads make编法；织法；编织式样
    • a close/fine/rough weave紧密/精细/粗糙的编织
    Word Originnoun Old English wefan, of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek huphē ‘web’ and Sanskrit ūrṇavābhi ‘spider’, literally ‘wool-weaver’. The current noun sense dates from the late 19th cent.