Sheath
[ʃiːθ] or [ʃiθ]
解释:
(noun.) a protective covering (as for a knife or sword).
(noun.) an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part.
手打:劳里--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A case for the reception of a sword, hunting knife, or other long and slender instrument; a scabbard.
(n.) Any sheathlike covering, organ, or part.
(n.) The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing a stem or branch, as in grasses.
(n.) One of the elytra of an insect.
编辑:斯坦利
同义词及近义词:
n. [1]. Case (as for a sword), scabbard.[2]. (Bot.) Base of a leaf (when it is wrapped around a stem).[3]. (Ent.) Wing-case.
手打:拉蒙纳
解释:
n. a case for a sword or other long instrument: a scabbard: any thin defensive covering: a membrane covering a stem or branch: the wing-case of an insect.—v.t. Sheathe (th) to put into a sheath: to cover with a sheath or case: to enclose in a lining.—adj. Sheathed (th) provided with or enclosed in a sheath: (bot. zool. and anat.) having a sheath vaginate.—ns. Sheath′ing (th) that which sheathes esp. the covering of a ship's bottom; Sheath′-knife a knife carried in a sheath from the waist.—adjs. Sheath′less; Sheath′-winged having the wings encased in elytra: coleopterous; Sheath′y sheath-like.—Sheathe the sword to put an end to war.
录入:库尔特
例句:
- He was isolated as if there were a vacuum round his heart, or a sheath of pure ice. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- He removed his hunting knife from its sheath and handed it to her hilt first, again motioning her into the bower. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- He had not time to get it from the sheath before I had the harpoon through him. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- He has an English frame, but, apparently, not an English mind--you would say, an Italian stiletto in a sheath of British workmanship. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- A sheath-knife, still in its sheath. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- The knife with its sheath and belt caught his eye; he appropriated them. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
手打:丽塔