The fingers brought the needle to the cook's shoes.

手指带着针缝补厨师鞋子。

It was a warm morning and Melanie sat on the vine-shaded porch, her mending basket piled high with socks.

那是温暖早晨，媚兰坐在葡萄藤遮荫走廊上，身边缝补篮里堆满了袜子。

Next, tell me what's always the last thing to mend, The middle of middle and end of the end?

再告诉我什么东西总是缝缝补补，中间中间，尾部尾部？

But the British Jews have the clothing business all sewed up and blacks there can't get a foothold

但英国犹太人服装生意都是缝补，而黑人却找不到立足之地。

Then tea must be got, errands done, and one or two necessary bits of sewing neglected until the last minute.

弄茶，跑几趟腿，还作点到最后才想起来必缝补。

Thee'dst like to ha' a wife to mend thy clothes an' get thy victual, better nor thy old mother.

你会想妻子来缝补你衣服并得到你食物， 最好还是你老母亲。

She was mending a large long table-cloth of the finest texture, holding it up against the light occasionally to discover thin places, which required her delicate care.

她正在缝补块质地极佳长条大桌布， 不时将它对着光举起来， 找出薄薄地方， 这需她细心照料。

Opening the door, Heidi found herself in a tiny, dark kitchen, and going through another door, she entered a narrow chamber. Near a table a woman was seated, busy with mending Peter's coat, which Heidi had recognized immediately.

推开门，海蒂发现自己身处狭小阴暗厨房内，再穿过另扇门，进入了间狭窄房间。在张桌子旁边坐着女人，正忙着缝补彼得外套，海蒂眼就认出了这件外套。

So instead of sewing in the home to repair your family's worn-out items or threadbare stockings, perhaps a middle-class woman can now take time to do things like complicated needlework, which is pretty but not always attached to a practical use.

因此，也许中产阶级妇女现在可以花时间做些复杂针线活，而不是在家缝补家里破旧物品或破袜子，这些针线活很漂亮，但并不总是有实际用途。