sheave

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or similar; the wheel of a pulley.
    — To an exceptional degree the duties on these inclines have been passed on from father to son; many a boy has begun his working life in oiling the sheaves and, after passing through every grade, has reached the age of retirement in the responsible position of brakesman.
  2. A sliding scutcheon for covering a keyhole.
动词 v.
  1. To gather and bind into a sheaf.
    — From him did forty million serfs (...) receive Rich freeborn lifelong land, whereon to sheave Their country's harvest.

词形变化

sheaves plural sheaves present,singular,third-person sheaving participle,present sheaved participle,past sheaved past

词汇关系

衍生词
sheaveless

词源

词源 1
From Middle English, from a Germanic base akin to German Scheibe, late Old Norse skífa (“slice”), all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to split”). For more see shive.
词源 2
See sheaf.
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