Sheet

[ʃiːt] or [ʃit]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs.

(noun.) (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind.

(noun.) a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width.

(noun.) paper used for writing or printing.

(noun.) any broad thin expanse or surface; 'a sheet of ice'.

(verb.) cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping; 'sheet the body'.

(verb.) come down as if in sheets; 'The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon'.

乔治娜手打--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) In general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper, cloth, etc.; a broad, thin portion of any substance; an expanded superficies.

(v. t.) A broad piece of cloth, usually linen or cotton, used for wrapping the body or for a covering; especially, one used as an article of bedding next to the body.

(v. t.) A broad piece of paper, whether folded or unfolded, whether blank or written or printed upon; hence, a letter; a newspaper, etc.

(v. t.) A single signature of a book or a pamphlet;

(v. t.) the book itself.

(v. t.) A broad, thinly expanded portion of metal or other substance; as, a sheet of copper, of glass, or the like; a plate; a leaf.

(v. t.) A broad expanse of water, or the like.

(v. t.) A sail.

(v. t.) An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.

(v. t.) A rope or chain which regulates the angle of adjustment of a sail in relation in relation to the wind; -- usually attached to the lower corner of a sail, or to a yard or a boom.

(v. t.) The space in the forward or the after part of a boat where there are no rowers; as, fore sheets; stern sheets.

(v. t.) To furnish with a sheet or sheets; to wrap in, or cover with, a sheet, or as with a sheet.

(v. t.) To expand, as a sheet.

編輯:凯利

解釋/意思:

n. a large thin piece of anything: a large broad piece of cloth in a bed: a large broad piece of paper: a sail: the rope fastened to the leeward corner of a sail to extend it to the wind.—v.t. to cover with or as with a sheet: to furnish with sheets: to form into sheets.—ns. Sheet′-copp′er -ī′ron -lead -met′al copper iron lead metal in thin sheets.—adj. Sheet′ed with a white band or belt.—ns. Sheet′-glass a kind of crown-glass made at first in the form of a cylinder cut longitudinally and opened out into a sheet; Sheet′ing cloth used for bed-sheets: the process of forming into sheets; Sheet′-light′ning lightning appearing in sheets or having a broad appearance; Sheet′-work press-work.—A sheet (or Three sheets) in the wind fuddled tipsy; In sheets (print.) not folded or folded but not bound.

編輯:帕特里克