sheet

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ʃiːt/    美 /ʃit/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.
    — Use the sheets in the hall closet to make the bed.
  2. Euphemistic form of shit. euphemistic,form-of,slang,uncountable
    — This sheet is disgusting!
  3. A piece of paper, usually rectangular, that has been prepared for writing, artwork, drafting, wrapping, manufacture of packaging (boxes, envelopes, etc.), and for other uses. The word does not include scraps and irregular small pieces destined to be recycled, used for stuffing or cushioning or paper mache, etc. In modern books, each sheet of paper is typically folded in half, to produce two leaves and four pages. In the absence of folding, "leaf" and "sheet" are equivalent.
    — A sheet of paper measuring eight and one-half inches wide by eleven inches high is a popular item in commerce.
  4. A flat metal pan, often without raised edge, used for baking.
    — Place the rolls on the cookie sheet, edges touching, and bake for 10-11 minutes.
  5. A thin, flat piece or layer of solid material.
    — The glazer cut several panes from a large sheet of glass.
  6. A broad, flat expanse or covering of a material on a surface.
    — Mud froze on the road in a solid sheet, then more rain froze into a sheet of ice on top of the mud!
  7. An expanse of something.
    — […] heavy sheets of rain with heavy gusts at N.E.; […]
  8. A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail.
    — To be "three sheets to the wind" is to say that a four-cornered sail is tethered only by one sheet and thus the sail is useless.
  9. A sail. nonstandard
    — Their folded Sheets dismiss the useless Air
  10. The area of ice on which the game of curling is played.
  11. A layer of veneer. nonstandard
  12. Precipitation of such quantity and force as to resemble a thin, virtually solid wall. figuratively
  13. An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.
  14. The space in the forward or after part of a boat where there are no rowers.
    — fore sheets; stern sheets
  15. A distinct level or stage within a game. dated
    — The gecko moves from left to right and you must catch him when he calls. […] On the second sheet you must stand under the Gecko in the tree and jump, and on the third sheet you must catch the Gecko's friend.
动词 v.
  1. To cover or wrap with cloth, or paper, or other similar material. transitive
    — Remember to sheet the floor before you start painting.
  2. To form into sheets. transitive
  3. To pour heavily. intransitive
    — We couldn't go out because the rain was sheeting down all day long.
  4. To trim a sail using a sheet.

词形变化

sheets plural sheets present,singular,third-person sheeting participle,present sheeted participle,past sheeted past

词汇关系

下位词
balance sheet bedsheet bivouac sheet cap sheet clean sheet contour sheet crime sheet dope sheet fitted sheet miniature sheet pink sheet rate sheet ref sheet scandal sheet scratch sheet sheet music souvenir sheet tip sheet top sheet worksheet yellow sheet
衍生词
answer sheet a sheet in the wind a sheet in the wind's eye backsheet baking sheet balance the sheets base sheet bath sheet beat sheet bed sheet bedsheet beta-pleated sheet beta sheet between the sheets blanket sheet blank sheet bleed-sheet bottom sheet brag sheet broadsheet bubble sheet call sheet cascading style sheet chargesheet charge sheet cheat-sheet cheat sheet check sheet clipsheet coated felt sheet codesheet contact sheet cookie sheet coversheet crib sheet crown sheet cue sheet current sheet cut sheet damp sheet data sheet datasheet dope-sheet double sheet bend draw sheet dryer sheet dustsheet empty sheet endsheet facesheet fact sheet fast sheet flat sheet flowsheet fly sheet flysheet fly-sheet foresheet four-sheet four sheets in the wind four sheets to the wind free-sheet freesheet free sheet game sheet gap sheet groundsheet handsheet headsheet helpsheet history sheet hit the sheets hot sheet hotsheet hot-sheet motel hymnsheet ice-sheet ice sheet idiot sheet infosheet intersheet jibsheet jumping-sheet lead sheet letter sheet logsheet mainsheet main sheet marksheet microsheet minisheet multisheet nanosheet new sheet news sheet oversheet oversheeted packsheet paysheet picnic sheet playsheet proof sheet question sheet rap sheet refsheet resheet run sheet sanding sheet sand sheet scan sheet score-sheet score sheet scoresheet second sheet sheetable sheetage sheet anchor sheet bend sheet cake sheeter sheet erosion sheetfed sheet flood sheet flow sheetful sheet iron sheetless sheetlet sheet lightning sheetlike sheet-like sheetline sheet mask sheet-metal sheet metal sheet of paper sheet pan sheet pile sheet piling sheet pizza sheet protector Sheetrock sheet rock sheet silicate sheet slicer sheetsman sheet traveler sheet traveller sheet wash sheet weaver sheetwise sheetwork sheety shitsheet shmeat shortsheet short-sheet short sheet silver-sheet silver sheet sing from the same hymn sheet sing off the same hymn sheet slip sheet slip sheet paper songsheet split the sheets spreadsheet spritesheet squawk sheet start with a clean sheet stern sheets stock sheet strike sheet stylesheet style sheet style sheet language swindle sheet tasksheet teamsheet tear sheet tearsheet term sheet three-sheet three sheets three sheets in the wind three sheets to the wind thrust sheet thunder sheet timesheet time sheet tipsheet toposheet turnsheet uncoated free sheet undersheet under the sheets unsheet votesheet wagon-sheet wagonsheet winding sheet winnow sheet worksheet worldsheet β-pleated sheet
相关词
hit the sheets three sheets to the wind under the sheets white as a sheet
并列词
thin layer of solid material expanse of material

词源

词源 1
From Middle English schete; partly from Old English sċīete (“a sheet, a piece of linen cloth”); partly from Old English sċēata (“a corner, angle; the lower corner of a sail, sheet”); and Old English sċēat (“a corner, angle”); all from Proto-Germanic *skautijǭ, *skautaz (“corner, wedge, lap”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- (“to throw, shoot, pursue, rush”).
Cognate with North Frisian skut (“the fold of a garment, lap, coattail”), West Frisian skoat (“sheet; sail; lap”), Dutch schoot (“the fold of a garment, lap, sheet”), German Low German Schote (“a line from the foot of a sail”), German Schoß (“the fold of a garment, lap”), Danish skød (“lap, skirt”), Icelandic skaut (“the corner of a cloth, a line from the foot of a sail, the skirt or sleeve of a garment, a hood”), Norwegian skaut (“headdress”), Swedish sköt (“sheet”).
词源 2
A minced oath of shit.
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