英语词汇“sheet”的意思、释义、用法解释及翻译-春雷网

sheet¹

noun ʃiːtʃit

1A large rectangular piece of cotton or other fabric, used on a bed to cover the mattress and as a layer beneath blankets when these are used.
被单，床单
Example sentencesExamples
- You can help by donating blankets, sheets, duvets, guilds, curtains and other such items but they must be clean and in good condition.
- I jumped up from my bed (which was just a mattress with a fitted sheet and blanket on the floor) and grabbed the phone from off my desk.
- Her hands were palm-down on the soft sheets, arms perfectly spaced on either side of her body.
- Four hours later I woke up, my eyes fluttering open, the sheets around me damp with sweat.
- Although she was toasty and warm under blankets and cotton sheets, she was still shivering fairly violently.
- Papa lay on a steel table covered with a white sheet drawn up to his chest.
- On each mattress were soft-blue sheets, but no blankets or comforters.
- Sleeping blankets and covers, sheets and quilts have been made - with the children's assistance.
- I opened the thin sheets and he came in next to me.
- We're surrounded by pillows, blankets and sun-smelling cotton sheets.
- Mary quietly got off the bed and covered him with the sheet and blanket.
- If they need to rest in bed, cover them with a light sheet rather than blankets or a quilt and keep the room cool.
- Especially when we saw that the bedding comprised of sheets and blankets!
- He pulled the sheets open for her and eased her in and tucked her inside like she was a helpless puppy.
- Tom's bed was vacant, the sheets pulled back a fair way.
- Nothing made sense but the darkness behind her eyes and the scratchy cotton of the sheets beneath her skin.
- Once I slid the robe onto him, he lay back, and I covered him with a sheet and a light blanket.
- Choice made, we settled down to a night of relaxation under the crisp cotton sheets and cosy duvet.
- The game consisted of two large pieces of plywood, covered with while linen sheets.
- The bed was very masculine, covered in dark sheets and white blankets.
Synonyms
(sheets) bed linen, linen, bedclothes
2A rectangular piece of paper, especially one of a standard size produced commercially and used for writing and printing on.
（长方形的）一张（纸）
a sheet of unmarked paper
一张没有做记号的纸。
Example sentencesExamples
- At first, the prints were only the size of a sheet of typing paper.
- The primary method of examination is to ask the patient to read and pronounce a standard list of words from a sheet of paper.
- The whole image can then be printed on a long roll of paper on an ordinary printer or as strips on standard sheets of paper.
- It was wrapped in a sheet of writing paper, tied off with a blue bow.
- Our microprocessor isn't some tiny silicon die - it's the size of a sheet of paper, maybe two.
- Despite its size - smaller than a sheet of A4 paper - the X40 sacrifices little in performance.
- One of the pieces I like the most in the exhibition is a sheet of printing material that dates back to 1491.
- He held up a piece of white cardboard, about the size of a sheet of note paper.
- Do this on a large A3 sheet and you get a sheet of size A4.
- You can also do this when they are wet - just be gentle when opening the dry sheets as spots may be stuck together.
- Finally, Burrose finished typing, and his printer spat out a sheet of paper that he handed to Tom.
- Use permanent markers to avoid smudging, and place a sheet of ruled paper underneath so that the writing is evenly spaced.
- It is a neat little unit - exactly the same size as a sheet of A4 paper, and only 65 mm high.
- You will never again sit by your grandmother's bed as she makes those huge paper boats from single sheets of paper for you to sail on rivers produced by the rain.
- ‘God yes,’ she replied, eyes not leaving the sheets of writing paper she was scrawling all over.
- Walking over to her writing area, he picked up a sheet of paper.
- The array consisted of each letter of the alphabet listed twice, once in lower case and once in upper case, displayed in random order on a sheet of paper.
- Just as she closed her eyes again a huge gust of wind smashed her windows open, sending sheets of paper from her desk to the floor.
- This outermost layer of your skin is about as thick as a sheet of writing paper.
- After passing up their homework, the class took out a sheet of paper and their writing materials for their quiz.
Synonyms
piece of paper, leaf, page, folio
1. 2.1 A quantity of text or other information contained on a sheet of paper.
  一张纸容量的文字（或其他信息）
  he produced yet another sheet of figures
  他又出示了一张数字记录。
  Example sentencesExamples
  A series of dive-marshalling sheets on the noticeboard ensures that no more than 20 divers are in the water at a time.
  Grabbing the sheet of information, Scott jumped from his chair, and flew out the door.
  The RAPIDS database provides a single sheet of information for each project.
  The backs of the information sheets may be used, but I found it easier to use a regular sheet of paper to record that kind of stuff.
  Copy the answer sheet printed at the end of this article and fill out all sections completely.
  He even printed out a lyric sheet (just the one song) which is now being used by some tuneless people in the lounge!
  Return the answer sheet printed at the end of the article and fill out all sections carefully.
  He had also wanted to see the information sheet of 14 October 1996.
  The woman told me that I needed to get my pledge sheet stamped as evidence that I'd actually done the walk.
  As the data sheet is printed, any nonconforming numbers appear in red for easy identification and trigger corrective action.
2. 2.2Printing A flat piece of paper as opposed to a reel of continuous paper, the bound pages of a book, or a folded map.
  单张（纸）（与卷纸相对）；折贴（与装订好的书页相对）；整张地图（与折叠地图相对）
3. 2.3 All the postage stamps printed on one piece of paper.
  一整版邮票
  a sheet of 1p stamps
  一整版一便士的邮票。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Whoever wishes to give a personal touch to stamps can have their photos printed on stamp sheets and use them.
  Here she embellished sheets of postage stamps with silk thread; the sewing records the situations in which they were sewn.
  The film's title is a reference to the sheet of nine rare postage stamps, which they see as their ticket to the top.
  That poses a problem with perforation and overlapping other similar stamps on the sheet.
  In your May issue you ran an ad for a sheet of Richard Petty postage stamps.
4. 2.4 A map, especially one part of a series covering a larger area.
  （尤指大地区系列地图的一部分的）一张地图
  Example sentencesExamples
  These cartographic sheets were used to draft base maps for 6 of the 20 survey zones.
3A broad flat piece of material such as metal or glass.
薄板；薄片
the small pipe has been formed from a flat sheet of bronze
这根小管子是由扁平薄铜片做的。
Example sentencesExamples
- They used Vietnam-era metal sheets, artifacts of a previous war.
- Mostly the effects and material were taken from the theatre where a metal sheet would replicate thunder and a hard board against another would give the illusion of gunshots.
- Several sheets of metal and various pieces of junk were thrust into the air as a strange device emerged from its hiding place.
- Essentially, it is a matter of adding a pigment to the interlayer material between the sheets of glass.
- These light guides may take the form of three overlying plastic or glass sheets.
- The filter plates are formed on a polymer sheet with a series of holes ablated using an eximer laser.
- It has been constructed mostly of perforated sheets supported with waterproof materials like fibreglass wool and thermocole.
- The ceiling, which I had expected to be covered in fake palm trees and coconuts, is lined with sheets of bronzed metal, which gives the place a modern touch.
- But as it was four sheets of glass glued together, it was also very thick and extremely heavy.
- All appliances were placed in a wooden box protected with insulation material and plastic sheets.
- We were in the lobby of the building; the sheet glass handrails along the central staircase all wavered back and forth throughout the quake.
- The use of natural fibers can serve as reinforcements in a matrix material between two metal sheets.
- To excel as a mogul skier, you must be on a mogul ski - essentially an old-school slalom ski without the heavy sheets of metal.
- When the reverse side is worked to completion, the lacquer is heated and the metal sheet separated and thoroughly cleaned and work begins on the front.
- Roll out the pasta dough into a sheet and stamp out 7.5cm rounds with a pastry cutter.
- The problem was that the metal sheet was glued to the door frame, but the adhesive did not properly take grip.
- Others watched as sheets of metal flapped visibly and noisily.
- The new plant will make the glass sheets used in flat panel television and computer displays beginning in October 2005.
- Many families now use sheets of metal or plastic to roof their houses.
- We do not need a whole new building with flying sheets of glass and yet another piazza of bars and cafes.
Synonyms
pane, panel, piece, plate
slab
4An extensive unbroken surface area of something.
一大片
Loch Affric is a lovely sheet of water among trees
艾菲力克湖是树丛中一片美丽的水景。
as modifier sheet ice
Example sentencesExamples
- Solid areas show sheets of uniform, polygonal, epithelioid cells separated by delicate blood vessels.
- A sheet of charcoal clouds stretches into white lace: confusion letting in light.
- In other taxa, a sheet of bone develops ventrally, between the pila and the basisphenoid.
- The whole park was a sheet of white, the sidewalk, the ground and even the benches.
- The onset of winter blankets all in a sheet of white, as snow and ice mask the landscape.
- Once he finally got parked, he nearly broke his neck slipping on a sheet of black ice.
- It will freeze like a sheet of ice on your face the minute you go out.
- Skaters were also having a splendid time in Victoria Park, which had been flooded, and was covered with a sheet of ice in grand condition.
- The researchers need to test the material in a vacuum to see how it might perform in space, so they stretch triangular sheets of the cloth over four booms that form a square, and pump all the air out.
- Cover this with a sheet of plastic the size of the slice of bread.
- Yet there is a sense in which colour - great unbroken sheets of it - compose the semi-arid environments in which he spent so much of his life.
- He had long, slightly curly black hair, and beautiful blue eyes that were so light that they looked as if the had a sheet of ice clouding them.
- But most arctic sea ice consists of pack ice, broken sheets moved by wind and ocean currents.
- I was going somewhere with my mom, and she slipped on a sheet of ice.
- They may coalesce to form extensive sheets of exudate.
- Counts were made within a 21 x 21 cm area delimited by a sheet of acetate.
- Carelessly she ran over to the edges to collect more, but slipped and almost fell because of a sheet of ice that was hidden on the floor underneath the snow.
- You should be able to stretch it with the fingers of both hands into an unbroken sheet at least 3 inches across.
- By Thursday the pavements were like sheets of ice, but who cares about people falling over?
- Imagine space time as a sheet of rubber, stretched flat when there is no matter present.
Synonyms
layer, stratum
covering, blanket, coating, coat, overlay, lamina, lamination, veneer, film, skin, membrane
expanse, area, stretch, sweep
1. 4.1 A broad moving mass of flames or water.
  成片移动的火焰（或水）
  the rain was still falling in sheets
  仍然下着倾盆大雨。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The devastation was horrific: vast palls of smoke billowing from twisted window frames and sheets of flame shooting up the side of the building.
  Heavy sheets of water were battering the pavements.
  Almost 40 mm of rain fell on Saturday night, leaving sheets of water on the oval that is used only during finals.
  Water lay in sheets on the paddocks; the luggage on the carts was glistening.
  Its sheet of water falls smoothly into a shallow canal that continues the lines of the building, and reflects both it and the rich vegetation of the park.
  This fusion event pinches off the water sheets, trapping the water in cylindrical pores, which are the hallmark of inverted phases.
  Steam hissed and water came in cascading sheets as she shook the biting coldness away.
  By three o'clock on this November afternoon it is already dark, with a gale raging and rain sweeping in sheets across the angry water of the loch.
  I will sleep, I think; for the sheets of shimmering water are growing dark and angry, and the wind is rising.
  Rain began to drip down from the sky, slowly getting heavier until the sky was pouring sheets of water down upon the participants.
  I just drove and watched the water run in sheets across the road where the sun was melting snow out in the open.
  He could not see much detail through the sheets of rain, but he had snooped about this area before, so he had a fair idea of what it looked like.
  The drama of being a small person within a vast black space, relieved by gashes of red light, sheets of flame and more spots of white light, has to be experienced.
  It finally rained at night, quiet but intense rain, the sort where you look out and see sheets of water moving across vast tracts of Singapore like a purposive entity.
  The sheets of water streaming from the black sky slipped and slid over the wooden surface of the deck.
  Suddenly the creek falls in a graceful sheet of water into a turquoise pool.
  A cool wind blew at us from the trees, slanting the sheets of flame so their tongues lashed out at the camp.
  The image is clear and detailed, the sheets of water and sky flawless, the poised moment evocative but unemotional.
  They fired different kinds of shell, which exploded in front of us, sending up great sheets of water.
  Water spills in glassy sheets over the copper-topped wall, as well as from three keyhole notches along its facade.

verb ʃiːtʃit

1with object Cover with or wrap in a sheet of cloth.
（用布）盖上，裹上
lorry drivers don't sheet their loads
卡车司机不用布盖住货物。
Example sentencesExamples
- These low buildings have no movement; the windows are sheeted like mirrors to hide their games from anyone outside and this is as it should be.
- Delivery vehicles will be sheeted and limited to five movements to and from the plant each working day.
- It would have been already put up, but would be sheeted over in respect of Good Friday, then opened in all its loud raucous noisy shining glory on Easter Saturday.
2no object, with adverbial of direction (of rain) fall in large quantities.
（雨）倾盆（或瓢泼）而下
rain sheeted down
雨瓢泼而下。
Example sentencesExamples
- Who wants to pay £22 to seat on a small plastic seat for 90 minutes, in the blistering cold, rain sheeting into your face.
- The rain is sheeting down out of a heavy sky, turning the Knavesmire into more of a quagmire.
- At ten o'clock it was sheeting down, a huge torrent, and the cars on the road outside threw up massive sprays as they whizzed passed.
- Rain was sheeting down and it was freezing cold.
- Outside a fine mist of drizzle is sheeting down.
- The photo is slightly murky because of the sleet sheeting down from the sky and the fact that I'm trying to keep my arm from blowing off.
- We awake to hissing, bruise-coloured curtains of rain sheeting over the decks, the sky blacker than a preacher's gown.
- He could now see that it was really smoking and a fire was blazing in spite of the rain sheeting down around it.
- Crowds jostle and a six-piece jazz band begins to entertain the captive audience as the rain sheets down outside.
- Rain sheets down, fog descends, soldiers' boots squelch through mud on an endless, agonising climb.
- Inevitably the rain starts sheeting down, but it's no deterrent to visitors intent on a walk on the beach while the faint-hearted pack J.D Wetherspoon, the Promenades and the amusement arcades.

Phrases

(as) white as a sheet

(of a person) very pale, especially from shock.
Example sentencesExamples
- If a red-faced man can turn white as a sheet, then the unfortunate plumber had done so.
- After he relaxed, the delayed shock hit him and he turned white as a sheet.
- I woke up this morning white as a sheet after one of the greatest footballing nights of my life.
- Robert gasped in amazement, his mouth gaped open, he went as white as a sheet and his eyes opened wide.
- The boy stopped dead, face going white as a sheet.
- By the time all this is over I shall be about three feet tall and white as a sheet, with hair like the snows of Mount Fuji, and so worn out that I shall have to spend the rest of my life reclining on a sofa like a frail Victorian lady.
- The doctor was white as a sheet but it couldn't have been nice for him.
- One day, Ashley came over and she was white as a sheet.
- I felt totally shocked, went white as a sheet, and couldn't stop shaking.
- Marc dressed in black, looking thin as a rake and white as a sheet.

Origin

Old English scēte, scīete, of Germanic origin; related to the verb shoot in its primary sense 'to project'.

English dictionaries usually recognize two words spelled sheet. The first, referring to items including bed coverings, paper, and glass, shares an ancient root with shoot, one sense of which was ‘to project’. Sheet could be used for something giving protection or an awning, which links the two senses. The second is nautical, and was distinct from the first in Old English, though they are ultimately related. Sheets are the ropes attached to the corners of a ship's sail, used for controlling the extent and direction of the sail. If they are hanging loose in the wind, the vessel is likely to be out of control or taking an erratic course. This is the situation referred to in three sheets to the wind, meaning ‘very drunk’.

Rhymes

accrete, autocomplete, beet, bittersweet, bleat, cheat, cleat, clubfeet, compete, compleat, complete, conceit, Crete, deceit, delete, deplete, discreet, discrete, eat, effete, élite, entreat, escheat, estreat, excrete, feat, feet, fleet, gîte, greet, heat, leat, leet, Magritte, maltreat, marguerite, meat, meet, meet-and-greet, mesquite, mete, mistreat, neat, outcompete, peat, Pete, petite, pleat, receipt, replete, sangeet, seat, secrete, skeet, sleet, splay-feet, street, suite, sweet, teat, treat, tweet, wheat

sheet²

noun ʃiːtʃit

Nautical

1A rope attached to the lower corner of a sail for securing or extending the sail or for altering its direction.
缭绳，帆脚索
Example sentencesExamples
- The guy got very frustrated with Andy who didn't realise that ropes are called sheets in the sailing world.
- It's the one the sheet is attached to on a foresail, and the one the outhaul is attached to on the main.
- Soon all three of us have got the hang of tacking, pulling in and letting out the sheets (the ropes attached to the sails) and steering.
- Turn into the wind and let out the sheet to allow the sail to go slack.
- With one sail, one halyard, one sheet, and two winches, the boat is the ultimate in uncomplicated sailing.
2sheetsThe space at the bow or stern of an open boat.
敞舱船的首尾区域

verb ʃiːtʃit

[with object]sheet something in/outNautical

1Make a sail more or less taut.
把（帆）扣紧（或放松）
notice also how he is sheeting in the sail
you need to sheet it out considerably to slow down
Example sentencesExamples
- We dropped everything except the main and mizzen, tried in vain to get some speed, then gave up and sheeted them in tight and turned on the engine.
- The tiller goes down, the sails are sheeted in flat and tight, the boat heels into the wind and we to turn to hammer over the line a couple of seconds afterwards, safe and in the lead.
1. 1.1sheet something home Extend a sail by tightening the sheets so that the sail is set as flat as possible.
  扣紧（帆脚索）张帆
  the jib is sheeted home
  Example sentencesExamples
  The first vessels moved away from the docks while canvas crept up the masts and sails were sheeted home, and they watched in fascination as the entire convoy began to move.

Phrases

two (or three) sheets to the wind

informal Drunk.
〈非正式〉大醉
he reclined, two sheets to the wind, his back propped against the wall
Example sentencesExamples
- I'd start intelligent debate about it but I was three sheets to the wind when I watched it and recall very little about it.
- ‘People are being put off going into the town because of the behaviour of these men who think it's great fun to come out of the clubs, three sheets to the wind, and smash windows,’ she said.
- ‘He was three sheets to the wind when he got back to the airport,’ said Quinlan as we talked in Jury's Inn on the banks of the Shannon last week.
- I once stumbled onto college radio three sheets to the wind and pronounced it so, and proceeded to emit a ghoulish, gurgling on-mic scream.
- Once the Times identifies some emerging trend, that trend is already three sheets to the wind.
- But the icing on the whole cake for me, the thing that I will always remember as priceless, was our friend D.A., three sheets to the wind and parked on the end of the couch with orders from his wife not to move.
- And as usual, dear reader, I was cursed with the ability to remember every sordid detail despite being three sheets to the wind.
- I hadn't seen much of him at the party, but as we talked I realized that he was maybe not three, but at least two sheets to the wind.
- No, I mean, that kiss, way back when you were three sheets to the wind, when you kissed me, that was your first kiss, ever?
- We were three sheets to the wind on ‘The Cutty’.

Origin

Old English scēata 'lower corner of a sail', of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse skauti 'kerchief' (see also sheet¹).

sheet¹

nounSHētʃit

1A large rectangular piece of cotton or other fabric, used on a bed to cover the mattress and as a layer beneath blankets when these are used.
被单，床单
Example sentencesExamples
- Tom's bed was vacant, the sheets pulled back a fair way.
- On each mattress were soft-blue sheets, but no blankets or comforters.
- Four hours later I woke up, my eyes fluttering open, the sheets around me damp with sweat.
- Especially when we saw that the bedding comprised of sheets and blankets!
- Although she was toasty and warm under blankets and cotton sheets, she was still shivering fairly violently.
- Papa lay on a steel table covered with a white sheet drawn up to his chest.
- If they need to rest in bed, cover them with a light sheet rather than blankets or a quilt and keep the room cool.
- Her hands were palm-down on the soft sheets, arms perfectly spaced on either side of her body.
- The bed was very masculine, covered in dark sheets and white blankets.
- You can help by donating blankets, sheets, duvets, guilds, curtains and other such items but they must be clean and in good condition.
- Once I slid the robe onto him, he lay back, and I covered him with a sheet and a light blanket.
- Mary quietly got off the bed and covered him with the sheet and blanket.
- Nothing made sense but the darkness behind her eyes and the scratchy cotton of the sheets beneath her skin.
- I jumped up from my bed (which was just a mattress with a fitted sheet and blanket on the floor) and grabbed the phone from off my desk.
- Choice made, we settled down to a night of relaxation under the crisp cotton sheets and cosy duvet.
- Sleeping blankets and covers, sheets and quilts have been made - with the children's assistance.
- The game consisted of two large pieces of plywood, covered with while linen sheets.
- I opened the thin sheets and he came in next to me.
- We're surrounded by pillows, blankets and sun-smelling cotton sheets.
- He pulled the sheets open for her and eased her in and tucked her inside like she was a helpless puppy.
Synonyms
bed linen, linen, bedclothes
1. 1.1 Used in comparisons to describe the pallor of a person who is ill or has had a shock.
  用于比较，描述因生病或受惊导致的脸色苍白被单，床单
  Are you OK? You're as white as a sheet
  你没事吧？你的脸色很苍白。
  Example sentencesExamples
  One day, Ashley came over and she was white as a sheet.
  The boy stopped dead, face going white as a sheet.
  Marc dressed in black, looking thin as a rake and white as a sheet.
  Robert gasped in amazement, his mouth gaped open, he went as white as a sheet and his eyes opened wide.
  If a red-faced man can turn white as a sheet, then the unfortunate plumber had done so.
  I felt totally shocked, went white as a sheet, and couldn't stop shaking.
  The doctor was white as a sheet but it couldn't have been nice for him.
  By the time all this is over I shall be about three feet tall and white as a sheet, with hair like the snows of Mount Fuji, and so worn out that I shall have to spend the rest of my life reclining on a sofa like a frail Victorian lady.
  I woke up this morning white as a sheet after one of the greatest footballing nights of my life.
  After he relaxed, the delayed shock hit him and he turned white as a sheet.
2A rectangular piece of paper, especially one of a standard size produced commercially and used for writing and printing on.
（长方形的）一张（纸）
a sheet of unmarked paper
一张没有做记号的纸。
Example sentencesExamples
- Despite its size - smaller than a sheet of A4 paper - the X40 sacrifices little in performance.
- At first, the prints were only the size of a sheet of typing paper.
- He held up a piece of white cardboard, about the size of a sheet of note paper.
- It is a neat little unit - exactly the same size as a sheet of A4 paper, and only 65 mm high.
- Just as she closed her eyes again a huge gust of wind smashed her windows open, sending sheets of paper from her desk to the floor.
- You will never again sit by your grandmother's bed as she makes those huge paper boats from single sheets of paper for you to sail on rivers produced by the rain.
- The array consisted of each letter of the alphabet listed twice, once in lower case and once in upper case, displayed in random order on a sheet of paper.
- Do this on a large A3 sheet and you get a sheet of size A4.
- Our microprocessor isn't some tiny silicon die - it's the size of a sheet of paper, maybe two.
- One of the pieces I like the most in the exhibition is a sheet of printing material that dates back to 1491.
- This outermost layer of your skin is about as thick as a sheet of writing paper.
- The primary method of examination is to ask the patient to read and pronounce a standard list of words from a sheet of paper.
- Walking over to her writing area, he picked up a sheet of paper.
- Finally, Burrose finished typing, and his printer spat out a sheet of paper that he handed to Tom.
- The whole image can then be printed on a long roll of paper on an ordinary printer or as strips on standard sheets of paper.
- After passing up their homework, the class took out a sheet of paper and their writing materials for their quiz.
- Use permanent markers to avoid smudging, and place a sheet of ruled paper underneath so that the writing is evenly spaced.
- ‘God yes,’ she replied, eyes not leaving the sheets of writing paper she was scrawling all over.
- It was wrapped in a sheet of writing paper, tied off with a blue bow.
- You can also do this when they are wet - just be gentle when opening the dry sheets as spots may be stuck together.
Synonyms
piece of paper, leaf, page, folio
1. 2.1 A quantity of text or other information contained on a sheet of paper.
  一张纸容量的文字（或其他信息）
  he produced yet another sheet of figures
  他又出示了一张数字记录。
  Example sentencesExamples
  A series of dive-marshalling sheets on the noticeboard ensures that no more than 20 divers are in the water at a time.
  He had also wanted to see the information sheet of 14 October 1996.
  Return the answer sheet printed at the end of the article and fill out all sections carefully.
  The RAPIDS database provides a single sheet of information for each project.
  The woman told me that I needed to get my pledge sheet stamped as evidence that I'd actually done the walk.
  Copy the answer sheet printed at the end of this article and fill out all sections completely.
  He even printed out a lyric sheet (just the one song) which is now being used by some tuneless people in the lounge!
  The backs of the information sheets may be used, but I found it easier to use a regular sheet of paper to record that kind of stuff.
  Grabbing the sheet of information, Scott jumped from his chair, and flew out the door.
  As the data sheet is printed, any nonconforming numbers appear in red for easy identification and trigger corrective action.
2. 2.2Printing A flat piece of paper as opposed to a reel of continuous paper, the bound pages of a book, or a folded map.
  单张（纸）（与卷纸相对）；折贴（与装订好的书页相对）；整张地图（与折叠地图相对）
3. 2.3 All the postage stamps printed on one piece of paper.
  一整版邮票
  a sheet of stamps
  一整版一便士的邮票。
  Example sentencesExamples
  In your May issue you ran an ad for a sheet of Richard Petty postage stamps.
  That poses a problem with perforation and overlapping other similar stamps on the sheet.
  The film's title is a reference to the sheet of nine rare postage stamps, which they see as their ticket to the top.
  Whoever wishes to give a personal touch to stamps can have their photos printed on stamp sheets and use them.
  Here she embellished sheets of postage stamps with silk thread; the sewing records the situations in which they were sewn.
4. 2.4 A map, especially one part of a series covering a larger area.
  （尤指大地区系列地图的一部分的）一张地图
  Example sentencesExamples
  These cartographic sheets were used to draft base maps for 6 of the 20 survey zones.
3A broad flat piece of material such as metal or glass.
薄板；薄片
the small pipe has been formed from a flat sheet of bronze
这根小管子是由扁平薄铜片做的。
Example sentencesExamples
- We do not need a whole new building with flying sheets of glass and yet another piazza of bars and cafes.
- Others watched as sheets of metal flapped visibly and noisily.
- Essentially, it is a matter of adding a pigment to the interlayer material between the sheets of glass.
- But as it was four sheets of glass glued together, it was also very thick and extremely heavy.
- The use of natural fibers can serve as reinforcements in a matrix material between two metal sheets.
- The filter plates are formed on a polymer sheet with a series of holes ablated using an eximer laser.
- The ceiling, which I had expected to be covered in fake palm trees and coconuts, is lined with sheets of bronzed metal, which gives the place a modern touch.
- Roll out the pasta dough into a sheet and stamp out 7.5cm rounds with a pastry cutter.
- Several sheets of metal and various pieces of junk were thrust into the air as a strange device emerged from its hiding place.
- To excel as a mogul skier, you must be on a mogul ski - essentially an old-school slalom ski without the heavy sheets of metal.
- Mostly the effects and material were taken from the theatre where a metal sheet would replicate thunder and a hard board against another would give the illusion of gunshots.
- When the reverse side is worked to completion, the lacquer is heated and the metal sheet separated and thoroughly cleaned and work begins on the front.
- The problem was that the metal sheet was glued to the door frame, but the adhesive did not properly take grip.
- We were in the lobby of the building; the sheet glass handrails along the central staircase all wavered back and forth throughout the quake.
- They used Vietnam-era metal sheets, artifacts of a previous war.
- All appliances were placed in a wooden box protected with insulation material and plastic sheets.
- The new plant will make the glass sheets used in flat panel television and computer displays beginning in October 2005.
- Many families now use sheets of metal or plastic to roof their houses.
- It has been constructed mostly of perforated sheets supported with waterproof materials like fibreglass wool and thermocole.
- These light guides may take the form of three overlying plastic or glass sheets.
Synonyms
pane, panel, piece, plate
4An extensive unbroken surface area of something.
一大片
a sheet of ice
片状冰。
Example sentencesExamples
- The whole park was a sheet of white, the sidewalk, the ground and even the benches.
- In other taxa, a sheet of bone develops ventrally, between the pila and the basisphenoid.
- Imagine space time as a sheet of rubber, stretched flat when there is no matter present.
- It will freeze like a sheet of ice on your face the minute you go out.
- They may coalesce to form extensive sheets of exudate.
- Carelessly she ran over to the edges to collect more, but slipped and almost fell because of a sheet of ice that was hidden on the floor underneath the snow.
- Yet there is a sense in which colour - great unbroken sheets of it - compose the semi-arid environments in which he spent so much of his life.
- He had long, slightly curly black hair, and beautiful blue eyes that were so light that they looked as if the had a sheet of ice clouding them.
- But most arctic sea ice consists of pack ice, broken sheets moved by wind and ocean currents.
- I was going somewhere with my mom, and she slipped on a sheet of ice.
- A sheet of charcoal clouds stretches into white lace: confusion letting in light.
- By Thursday the pavements were like sheets of ice, but who cares about people falling over?
- Solid areas show sheets of uniform, polygonal, epithelioid cells separated by delicate blood vessels.
- Cover this with a sheet of plastic the size of the slice of bread.
- Skaters were also having a splendid time in Victoria Park, which had been flooded, and was covered with a sheet of ice in grand condition.
- The researchers need to test the material in a vacuum to see how it might perform in space, so they stretch triangular sheets of the cloth over four booms that form a square, and pump all the air out.
- Once he finally got parked, he nearly broke his neck slipping on a sheet of black ice.
- The onset of winter blankets all in a sheet of white, as snow and ice mask the landscape.
- Counts were made within a 21 x 21 cm area delimited by a sheet of acetate.
- You should be able to stretch it with the fingers of both hands into an unbroken sheet at least 3 inches across.
Synonyms
layer, stratum
expanse, area, stretch, sweep
1. 4.1 A broad moving mass of flames or water.
  成片移动的火焰（或水）
  the rain was still falling in sheets
  仍然下着倾盆大雨。
  Example sentencesExamples
  This fusion event pinches off the water sheets, trapping the water in cylindrical pores, which are the hallmark of inverted phases.
  They fired different kinds of shell, which exploded in front of us, sending up great sheets of water.
  Water spills in glassy sheets over the copper-topped wall, as well as from three keyhole notches along its facade.
  Water lay in sheets on the paddocks; the luggage on the carts was glistening.
  I just drove and watched the water run in sheets across the road where the sun was melting snow out in the open.
  The sheets of water streaming from the black sky slipped and slid over the wooden surface of the deck.
  Rain began to drip down from the sky, slowly getting heavier until the sky was pouring sheets of water down upon the participants.
  By three o'clock on this November afternoon it is already dark, with a gale raging and rain sweeping in sheets across the angry water of the loch.
  The drama of being a small person within a vast black space, relieved by gashes of red light, sheets of flame and more spots of white light, has to be experienced.
  The devastation was horrific: vast palls of smoke billowing from twisted window frames and sheets of flame shooting up the side of the building.
  It finally rained at night, quiet but intense rain, the sort where you look out and see sheets of water moving across vast tracts of Singapore like a purposive entity.
  The image is clear and detailed, the sheets of water and sky flawless, the poised moment evocative but unemotional.
  Its sheet of water falls smoothly into a shallow canal that continues the lines of the building, and reflects both it and the rich vegetation of the park.
  Suddenly the creek falls in a graceful sheet of water into a turquoise pool.
  A cool wind blew at us from the trees, slanting the sheets of flame so their tongues lashed out at the camp.
  He could not see much detail through the sheets of rain, but he had snooped about this area before, so he had a fair idea of what it looked like.
  Heavy sheets of water were battering the pavements.
  I will sleep, I think; for the sheets of shimmering water are growing dark and angry, and the wind is rising.
  Almost 40 mm of rain fell on Saturday night, leaving sheets of water on the oval that is used only during finals.
  Steam hissed and water came in cascading sheets as she shook the biting coldness away.

verbSHētʃit

1with object Cover with or wrap in a sheet or sheets.
（用布）盖上，裹上
we sheeted a narrow bed
Example sentencesExamples
- It would have been already put up, but would be sheeted over in respect of Good Friday, then opened in all its loud raucous noisy shining glory on Easter Saturday.
- Delivery vehicles will be sheeted and limited to five movements to and from the plant each working day.
- These low buildings have no movement; the windows are sheeted like mirrors to hide their games from anyone outside and this is as it should be.
2no object, with adverbial of direction (of rain) fall in large quantities.
（雨）倾盆（或瓢泼）而下
rain sheeted down
雨瓢泼而下。
Example sentencesExamples
- The photo is slightly murky because of the sleet sheeting down from the sky and the fact that I'm trying to keep my arm from blowing off.
- At ten o'clock it was sheeting down, a huge torrent, and the cars on the road outside threw up massive sprays as they whizzed passed.
- We awake to hissing, bruise-coloured curtains of rain sheeting over the decks, the sky blacker than a preacher's gown.
- Rain was sheeting down and it was freezing cold.
- Outside a fine mist of drizzle is sheeting down.
- Who wants to pay £22 to seat on a small plastic seat for 90 minutes, in the blistering cold, rain sheeting into your face.
- Inevitably the rain starts sheeting down, but it's no deterrent to visitors intent on a walk on the beach while the faint-hearted pack J.D Wetherspoon, the Promenades and the amusement arcades.
- Crowds jostle and a six-piece jazz band begins to entertain the captive audience as the rain sheets down outside.
- The rain is sheeting down out of a heavy sky, turning the Knavesmire into more of a quagmire.
- Rain sheets down, fog descends, soldiers' boots squelch through mud on an endless, agonising climb.
- He could now see that it was really smoking and a fire was blazing in spite of the rain sheeting down around it.

Origin

Old English scēte, scīete, of Germanic origin; related to the verb shoot in its primary sense ‘to project’.

sheet²

nounSHētʃit

Nautical

1A rope attached to the lower corner of a sail for securing or extending the sail or for altering its direction.
缭绳，帆脚索
Example sentencesExamples
- The guy got very frustrated with Andy who didn't realise that ropes are called sheets in the sailing world.
- With one sail, one halyard, one sheet, and two winches, the boat is the ultimate in uncomplicated sailing.
- Turn into the wind and let out the sheet to allow the sail to go slack.
- Soon all three of us have got the hang of tacking, pulling in and letting out the sheets (the ropes attached to the sails) and steering.
- It's the one the sheet is attached to on a foresail, and the one the outhaul is attached to on the main.
2sheetsThe space at the bow or stern of an open boat.
敞舱船的首尾区域

verbSHētʃit

[with object]sheet something in/outNautical

1Make a sail more or less taut.
把（帆）扣紧（或放松）
notice also how he is sheeting in the sail
you need to sheet it out considerably to slow down
Example sentencesExamples
- The tiller goes down, the sails are sheeted in flat and tight, the boat heels into the wind and we to turn to hammer over the line a couple of seconds afterwards, safe and in the lead.
- We dropped everything except the main and mizzen, tried in vain to get some speed, then gave up and sheeted them in tight and turned on the engine.
1. 1.1sheet something home Extend a sail by tightening the sheets so that the sail is set as flat as possible.
  扣紧（帆脚索）张帆
  the jib is sheeted home
  Example sentencesExamples
  The first vessels moved away from the docks while canvas crept up the masts and sails were sheeted home, and they watched in fascination as the entire convoy began to move.

Phrases

two (or three) sheets to the wind

informal Drunk.
〈非正式〉大醉
he reclined, two sheets to the wind, his back propped against the wall
Example sentencesExamples
- I hadn't seen much of him at the party, but as we talked I realized that he was maybe not three, but at least two sheets to the wind.
- We were three sheets to the wind on ‘The Cutty’.
- No, I mean, that kiss, way back when you were three sheets to the wind, when you kissed me, that was your first kiss, ever?
- Once the Times identifies some emerging trend, that trend is already three sheets to the wind.
- ‘He was three sheets to the wind when he got back to the airport,’ said Quinlan as we talked in Jury's Inn on the banks of the Shannon last week.
- I once stumbled onto college radio three sheets to the wind and pronounced it so, and proceeded to emit a ghoulish, gurgling on-mic scream.
- I'd start intelligent debate about it but I was three sheets to the wind when I watched it and recall very little about it.
- And as usual, dear reader, I was cursed with the ability to remember every sordid detail despite being three sheets to the wind.
- But the icing on the whole cake for me, the thing that I will always remember as priceless, was our friend D.A., three sheets to the wind and parked on the end of the couch with orders from his wife not to move.
- ‘People are being put off going into the town because of the behaviour of these men who think it's great fun to come out of the clubs, three sheets to the wind, and smash windows,’ she said.

Origin

Old English scēata ‘lower corner of a sail’, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse skauti ‘kerchief’ (see also sheet).

词汇	sheet
释义	sheet¹ noun ʃiːtʃit 1A large rectangular piece of cotton or other fabric, used on a bed to cover the mattress and as a layer beneath blankets when these are used. 被单，床单 Example sentencesExamples You can help by donating blankets, sheets, duvets, guilds, curtains and other such items but they must be clean and in good condition. I jumped up from my bed (which was just a mattress with a fitted sheet and blanket on the floor) and grabbed the phone from off my desk. Her hands were palm-down on the soft sheets, arms perfectly spaced on either side of her body. Four hours later I woke up, my eyes fluttering open, the sheets around me damp with sweat. Although she was toasty and warm under blankets and cotton sheets, she was still shivering fairly violently. Papa lay on a steel table covered with a white sheet drawn up to his chest. On each mattress were soft-blue sheets, but no blankets or comforters. Sleeping blankets and covers, sheets and quilts have been made - with the children's assistance. I opened the thin sheets and he came in next to me. We're surrounded by pillows, blankets and sun-smelling cotton sheets. Mary quietly got off the bed and covered him with the sheet and blanket. If they need to rest in bed, cover them with a light sheet rather than blankets or a quilt and keep the room cool. Especially when we saw that the bedding comprised of sheets and blankets! He pulled the sheets open for her and eased her in and tucked her inside like she was a helpless puppy. Tom's bed was vacant, the sheets pulled back a fair way. Nothing made sense but the darkness behind her eyes and the scratchy cotton of the sheets beneath her skin. Once I slid the robe onto him, he lay back, and I covered him with a sheet and a light blanket. Choice made, we settled down to a night of relaxation under the crisp cotton sheets and cosy duvet. The game consisted of two large pieces of plywood, covered with while linen sheets. The bed was very masculine, covered in dark sheets and white blankets. Synonyms (sheets) bed linen, linen, bedclothes 2A rectangular piece of paper, especially one of a standard size produced commercially and used for writing and printing on. （长方形的）一张（纸） a sheet of unmarked paper 一张没有做记号的纸。 Example sentencesExamples At first, the prints were only the size of a sheet of typing paper. The primary method of examination is to ask the patient to read and pronounce a standard list of words from a sheet of paper. The whole image can then be printed on a long roll of paper on an ordinary printer or as strips on standard sheets of paper. It was wrapped in a sheet of writing paper, tied off with a blue bow. Our microprocessor isn't some tiny silicon die - it's the size of a sheet of paper, maybe two. Despite its size - smaller than a sheet of A4 paper - the X40 sacrifices little in performance. One of the pieces I like the most in the exhibition is a sheet of printing material that dates back to 1491. He held up a piece of white cardboard, about the size of a sheet of note paper. Do this on a large A3 sheet and you get a sheet of size A4. You can also do this when they are wet - just be gentle when opening the dry sheets as spots may be stuck together. Finally, Burrose finished typing, and his printer spat out a sheet of paper that he handed to Tom. Use permanent markers to avoid smudging, and place a sheet of ruled paper underneath so that the writing is evenly spaced. It is a neat little unit - exactly the same size as a sheet of A4 paper, and only 65 mm high. You will never again sit by your grandmother's bed as she makes those huge paper boats from single sheets of paper for you to sail on rivers produced by the rain. ‘God yes,’ she replied, eyes not leaving the sheets of writing paper she was scrawling all over. Walking over to her writing area, he picked up a sheet of paper. The array consisted of each letter of the alphabet listed twice, once in lower case and once in upper case, displayed in random order on a sheet of paper. Just as she closed her eyes again a huge gust of wind smashed her windows open, sending sheets of paper from her desk to the floor. This outermost layer of your skin is about as thick as a sheet of writing paper. After passing up their homework, the class took out a sheet of paper and their writing materials for their quiz. Synonyms piece of paper, leaf, page, folio 2.1 A quantity of text or other information contained on a sheet of paper. 一张纸容量的文字（或其他信息） he produced yet another sheet of figures 他又出示了一张数字记录。 Example sentencesExamples A series of dive-marshalling sheets on the noticeboard ensures that no more than 20 divers are in the water at a time. Grabbing the sheet of information, Scott jumped from his chair, and flew out the door. The RAPIDS database provides a single sheet of information for each project. The backs of the information sheets may be used, but I found it easier to use a regular sheet of paper to record that kind of stuff. Copy the answer sheet printed at the end of this article and fill out all sections completely. He even printed out a lyric sheet (just the one song) which is now being used by some tuneless people in the lounge! Return the answer sheet printed at the end of the article and fill out all sections carefully. He had also wanted to see the information sheet of 14 October 1996. The woman told me that I needed to get my pledge sheet stamped as evidence that I'd actually done the walk. As the data sheet is printed, any nonconforming numbers appear in red for easy identification and trigger corrective action. 2.2Printing A flat piece of paper as opposed to a reel of continuous paper, the bound pages of a book, or a folded map. 单张（纸）（与卷纸相对）；折贴（与装订好的书页相对）；整张地图（与折叠地图相对） 2.3 All the postage stamps printed on one piece of paper. 一整版邮票 a sheet of 1p stamps 一整版一便士的邮票。 Example sentencesExamples Whoever wishes to give a personal touch to stamps can have their photos printed on stamp sheets and use them. Here she embellished sheets of postage stamps with silk thread; the sewing records the situations in which they were sewn. The film's title is a reference to the sheet of nine rare postage stamps, which they see as their ticket to the top. That poses a problem with perforation and overlapping other similar stamps on the sheet. In your May issue you ran an ad for a sheet of Richard Petty postage stamps. 2.4 A map, especially one part of a series covering a larger area. （尤指大地区系列地图的一部分的）一张地图 Example sentencesExamples These cartographic sheets were used to draft base maps for 6 of the 20 survey zones. 3A broad flat piece of material such as metal or glass. 薄板；薄片 the small pipe has been formed from a flat sheet of bronze 这根小管子是由扁平薄铜片做的。 Example sentencesExamples They used Vietnam-era metal sheets, artifacts of a previous war. Mostly the effects and material were taken from the theatre where a metal sheet would replicate thunder and a hard board against another would give the illusion of gunshots. Several sheets of metal and various pieces of junk were thrust into the air as a strange device emerged from its hiding place. Essentially, it is a matter of adding a pigment to the interlayer material between the sheets of glass. These light guides may take the form of three overlying plastic or glass sheets. The filter plates are formed on a polymer sheet with a series of holes ablated using an eximer laser. It has been constructed mostly of perforated sheets supported with waterproof materials like fibreglass wool and thermocole. The ceiling, which I had expected to be covered in fake palm trees and coconuts, is lined with sheets of bronzed metal, which gives the place a modern touch. But as it was four sheets of glass glued together, it was also very thick and extremely heavy. All appliances were placed in a wooden box protected with insulation material and plastic sheets. We were in the lobby of the building; the sheet glass handrails along the central staircase all wavered back and forth throughout the quake. The use of natural fibers can serve as reinforcements in a matrix material between two metal sheets. To excel as a mogul skier, you must be on a mogul ski - essentially an old-school slalom ski without the heavy sheets of metal. When the reverse side is worked to completion, the lacquer is heated and the metal sheet separated and thoroughly cleaned and work begins on the front. Roll out the pasta dough into a sheet and stamp out 7.5cm rounds with a pastry cutter. The problem was that the metal sheet was glued to the door frame, but the adhesive did not properly take grip. Others watched as sheets of metal flapped visibly and noisily. The new plant will make the glass sheets used in flat panel television and computer displays beginning in October 2005. Many families now use sheets of metal or plastic to roof their houses. We do not need a whole new building with flying sheets of glass and yet another piazza of bars and cafes. Synonyms pane, panel, piece, plate slab 4An extensive unbroken surface area of something. 一大片 Loch Affric is a lovely sheet of water among trees 艾菲力克湖是树丛中一片美丽的水景。 as modifier sheet ice Example sentencesExamples Solid areas show sheets of uniform, polygonal, epithelioid cells separated by delicate blood vessels. A sheet of charcoal clouds stretches into white lace: confusion letting in light. In other taxa, a sheet of bone develops ventrally, between the pila and the basisphenoid. The whole park was a sheet of white, the sidewalk, the ground and even the benches. The onset of winter blankets all in a sheet of white, as snow and ice mask the landscape. Once he finally got parked, he nearly broke his neck slipping on a sheet of black ice. It will freeze like a sheet of ice on your face the minute you go out. Skaters were also having a splendid time in Victoria Park, which had been flooded, and was covered with a sheet of ice in grand condition. The researchers need to test the material in a vacuum to see how it might perform in space, so they stretch triangular sheets of the cloth over four booms that form a square, and pump all the air out. Cover this with a sheet of plastic the size of the slice of bread. Yet there is a sense in which colour - great unbroken sheets of it - compose the semi-arid environments in which he spent so much of his life. He had long, slightly curly black hair, and beautiful blue eyes that were so light that they looked as if the had a sheet of ice clouding them. But most arctic sea ice consists of pack ice, broken sheets moved by wind and ocean currents. I was going somewhere with my mom, and she slipped on a sheet of ice. They may coalesce to form extensive sheets of exudate. Counts were made within a 21 x 21 cm area delimited by a sheet of acetate. Carelessly she ran over to the edges to collect more, but slipped and almost fell because of a sheet of ice that was hidden on the floor underneath the snow. You should be able to stretch it with the fingers of both hands into an unbroken sheet at least 3 inches across. By Thursday the pavements were like sheets of ice, but who cares about people falling over? Imagine space time as a sheet of rubber, stretched flat when there is no matter present. Synonyms layer, stratum covering, blanket, coating, coat, overlay, lamina, lamination, veneer, film, skin, membrane expanse, area, stretch, sweep 4.1 A broad moving mass of flames or water. 成片移动的火焰（或水） the rain was still falling in sheets 仍然下着倾盆大雨。 Example sentencesExamples The devastation was horrific: vast palls of smoke billowing from twisted window frames and sheets of flame shooting up the side of the building. Heavy sheets of water were battering the pavements. Almost 40 mm of rain fell on Saturday night, leaving sheets of water on the oval that is used only during finals. Water lay in sheets on the paddocks; the luggage on the carts was glistening. Its sheet of water falls smoothly into a shallow canal that continues the lines of the building, and reflects both it and the rich vegetation of the park. This fusion event pinches off the water sheets, trapping the water in cylindrical pores, which are the hallmark of inverted phases. Steam hissed and water came in cascading sheets as she shook the biting coldness away. By three o'clock on this November afternoon it is already dark, with a gale raging and rain sweeping in sheets across the angry water of the loch. I will sleep, I think; for the sheets of shimmering water are growing dark and angry, and the wind is rising. Rain began to drip down from the sky, slowly getting heavier until the sky was pouring sheets of water down upon the participants. I just drove and watched the water run in sheets across the road where the sun was melting snow out in the open. He could not see much detail through the sheets of rain, but he had snooped about this area before, so he had a fair idea of what it looked like. The drama of being a small person within a vast black space, relieved by gashes of red light, sheets of flame and more spots of white light, has to be experienced. It finally rained at night, quiet but intense rain, the sort where you look out and see sheets of water moving across vast tracts of Singapore like a purposive entity. The sheets of water streaming from the black sky slipped and slid over the wooden surface of the deck. Suddenly the creek falls in a graceful sheet of water into a turquoise pool. A cool wind blew at us from the trees, slanting the sheets of flame so their tongues lashed out at the camp. The image is clear and detailed, the sheets of water and sky flawless, the poised moment evocative but unemotional. They fired different kinds of shell, which exploded in front of us, sending up great sheets of water. Water spills in glassy sheets over the copper-topped wall, as well as from three keyhole notches along its facade. verb ʃiːtʃit 1with object Cover with or wrap in a sheet of cloth. （用布）盖上，裹上 lorry drivers don't sheet their loads 卡车司机不用布盖住货物。 Example sentencesExamples These low buildings have no movement; the windows are sheeted like mirrors to hide their games from anyone outside and this is as it should be. Delivery vehicles will be sheeted and limited to five movements to and from the plant each working day. It would have been already put up, but would be sheeted over in respect of Good Friday, then opened in all its loud raucous noisy shining glory on Easter Saturday. 2no object, with adverbial of direction (of rain) fall in large quantities. （雨）倾盆（或瓢泼）而下 rain sheeted down 雨瓢泼而下。 Example sentencesExamples Who wants to pay £22 to seat on a small plastic seat for 90 minutes, in the blistering cold, rain sheeting into your face. The rain is sheeting down out of a heavy sky, turning the Knavesmire into more of a quagmire. At ten o'clock it was sheeting down, a huge torrent, and the cars on the road outside threw up massive sprays as they whizzed passed. Rain was sheeting down and it was freezing cold. Outside a fine mist of drizzle is sheeting down. The photo is slightly murky because of the sleet sheeting down from the sky and the fact that I'm trying to keep my arm from blowing off. We awake to hissing, bruise-coloured curtains of rain sheeting over the decks, the sky blacker than a preacher's gown. He could now see that it was really smoking and a fire was blazing in spite of the rain sheeting down around it. Crowds jostle and a six-piece jazz band begins to entertain the captive audience as the rain sheets down outside. Rain sheets down, fog descends, soldiers' boots squelch through mud on an endless, agonising climb. Inevitably the rain starts sheeting down, but it's no deterrent to visitors intent on a walk on the beach while the faint-hearted pack J.D Wetherspoon, the Promenades and the amusement arcades. Phrases (as) white as a sheet (of a person) very pale, especially from shock. Example sentencesExamples If a red-faced man can turn white as a sheet, then the unfortunate plumber had done so. After he relaxed, the delayed shock hit him and he turned white as a sheet. I woke up this morning white as a sheet after one of the greatest footballing nights of my life. Robert gasped in amazement, his mouth gaped open, he went as white as a sheet and his eyes opened wide. The boy stopped dead, face going white as a sheet. By the time all this is over I shall be about three feet tall and white as a sheet, with hair like the snows of Mount Fuji, and so worn out that I shall have to spend the rest of my life reclining on a sofa like a frail Victorian lady. The doctor was white as a sheet but it couldn't have been nice for him. One day, Ashley came over and she was white as a sheet. I felt totally shocked, went white as a sheet, and couldn't stop shaking. Marc dressed in black, looking thin as a rake and white as a sheet. Origin Old English scēte, scīete, of Germanic origin; related to the verb shoot in its primary sense 'to project'. English dictionaries usually recognize two words spelled sheet. The first, referring to items including bed coverings, paper, and glass, shares an ancient root with shoot, one sense of which was ‘to project’. Sheet could be used for something giving protection or an awning, which links the two senses. The second is nautical, and was distinct from the first in Old English, though they are ultimately related. Sheets are the ropes attached to the corners of a ship's sail, used for controlling the extent and direction of the sail. If they are hanging loose in the wind, the vessel is likely to be out of control or taking an erratic course. This is the situation referred to in three sheets to the wind, meaning ‘very drunk’. Rhymes accrete, autocomplete, beet, bittersweet, bleat, cheat, cleat, clubfeet, compete, compleat, complete, conceit, Crete, deceit, delete, deplete, discreet, discrete, eat, effete, élite, entreat, escheat, estreat, excrete, feat, feet, fleet, gîte, greet, heat, leat, leet, Magritte, maltreat, marguerite, meat, meet, meet-and-greet, mesquite, mete, mistreat, neat, outcompete, peat, Pete, petite, pleat, receipt, replete, sangeet, seat, secrete, skeet, sleet, splay-feet, street, suite, sweet, teat, treat, tweet, wheat sheet² noun ʃiːtʃit Nautical 1A rope attached to the lower corner of a sail for securing or extending the sail or for altering its direction. 缭绳，帆脚索 Example sentencesExamples The guy got very frustrated with Andy who didn't realise that ropes are called sheets in the sailing world. It's the one the sheet is attached to on a foresail, and the one the outhaul is attached to on the main. Soon all three of us have got the hang of tacking, pulling in and letting out the sheets (the ropes attached to the sails) and steering. Turn into the wind and let out the sheet to allow the sail to go slack. With one sail, one halyard, one sheet, and two winches, the boat is the ultimate in uncomplicated sailing. 2sheetsThe space at the bow or stern of an open boat. 敞舱船的首尾区域 verb ʃiːtʃit [with object]sheet something in/outNautical 1Make a sail more or less taut. 把（帆）扣紧（或放松） notice also how he is sheeting in the sail you need to sheet it out considerably to slow down Example sentencesExamples We dropped everything except the main and mizzen, tried in vain to get some speed, then gave up and sheeted them in tight and turned on the engine. The tiller goes down, the sails are sheeted in flat and tight, the boat heels into the wind and we to turn to hammer over the line a couple of seconds afterwards, safe and in the lead. 1.1sheet something home Extend a sail by tightening the sheets so that the sail is set as flat as possible. 扣紧（帆脚索）张帆 the jib is sheeted home Example sentencesExamples The first vessels moved away from the docks while canvas crept up the masts and sails were sheeted home, and they watched in fascination as the entire convoy began to move. Phrases two (or three) sheets to the wind informal Drunk. 〈非正式〉大醉 he reclined, two sheets to the wind, his back propped against the wall Example sentencesExamples I'd start intelligent debate about it but I was three sheets to the wind when I watched it and recall very little about it. ‘People are being put off going into the town because of the behaviour of these men who think it's great fun to come out of the clubs, three sheets to the wind, and smash windows,’ she said. ‘He was three sheets to the wind when he got back to the airport,’ said Quinlan as we talked in Jury's Inn on the banks of the Shannon last week. I once stumbled onto college radio three sheets to the wind and pronounced it so, and proceeded to emit a ghoulish, gurgling on-mic scream. Once the Times identifies some emerging trend, that trend is already three sheets to the wind. But the icing on the whole cake for me, the thing that I will always remember as priceless, was our friend D.A., three sheets to the wind and parked on the end of the couch with orders from his wife not to move. And as usual, dear reader, I was cursed with the ability to remember every sordid detail despite being three sheets to the wind. I hadn't seen much of him at the party, but as we talked I realized that he was maybe not three, but at least two sheets to the wind. No, I mean, that kiss, way back when you were three sheets to the wind, when you kissed me, that was your first kiss, ever? We were three sheets to the wind on ‘The Cutty’. Origin Old English scēata 'lower corner of a sail', of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse skauti 'kerchief' (see also sheet¹). noun.1 phr. noun.2 phr. sheet¹ nounSHētʃit 1A large rectangular piece of cotton or other fabric, used on a bed to cover the mattress and as a layer beneath blankets when these are used. 被单，床单 Example sentencesExamples Tom's bed was vacant, the sheets pulled back a fair way. On each mattress were soft-blue sheets, but no blankets or comforters. Four hours later I woke up, my eyes fluttering open, the sheets around me damp with sweat. Especially when we saw that the bedding comprised of sheets and blankets! Although she was toasty and warm under blankets and cotton sheets, she was still shivering fairly violently. Papa lay on a steel table covered with a white sheet drawn up to his chest. If they need to rest in bed, cover them with a light sheet rather than blankets or a quilt and keep the room cool. Her hands were palm-down on the soft sheets, arms perfectly spaced on either side of her body. The bed was very masculine, covered in dark sheets and white blankets. You can help by donating blankets, sheets, duvets, guilds, curtains and other such items but they must be clean and in good condition. Once I slid the robe onto him, he lay back, and I covered him with a sheet and a light blanket. Mary quietly got off the bed and covered him with the sheet and blanket. Nothing made sense but the darkness behind her eyes and the scratchy cotton of the sheets beneath her skin. I jumped up from my bed (which was just a mattress with a fitted sheet and blanket on the floor) and grabbed the phone from off my desk. Choice made, we settled down to a night of relaxation under the crisp cotton sheets and cosy duvet. Sleeping blankets and covers, sheets and quilts have been made - with the children's assistance. The game consisted of two large pieces of plywood, covered with while linen sheets. I opened the thin sheets and he came in next to me. We're surrounded by pillows, blankets and sun-smelling cotton sheets. He pulled the sheets open for her and eased her in and tucked her inside like she was a helpless puppy. Synonyms bed linen, linen, bedclothes 1.1 Used in comparisons to describe the pallor of a person who is ill or has had a shock. 用于比较，描述因生病或受惊导致的脸色苍白被单，床单 Are you OK? You're as white as a sheet 你没事吧？你的脸色很苍白。 Example sentencesExamples One day, Ashley came over and she was white as a sheet. The boy stopped dead, face going white as a sheet. Marc dressed in black, looking thin as a rake and white as a sheet. Robert gasped in amazement, his mouth gaped open, he went as white as a sheet and his eyes opened wide. If a red-faced man can turn white as a sheet, then the unfortunate plumber had done so. I felt totally shocked, went white as a sheet, and couldn't stop shaking. The doctor was white as a sheet but it couldn't have been nice for him. By the time all this is over I shall be about three feet tall and white as a sheet, with hair like the snows of Mount Fuji, and so worn out that I shall have to spend the rest of my life reclining on a sofa like a frail Victorian lady. I woke up this morning white as a sheet after one of the greatest footballing nights of my life. After he relaxed, the delayed shock hit him and he turned white as a sheet. 2A rectangular piece of paper, especially one of a standard size produced commercially and used for writing and printing on. （长方形的）一张（纸） a sheet of unmarked paper 一张没有做记号的纸。 Example sentencesExamples Despite its size - smaller than a sheet of A4 paper - the X40 sacrifices little in performance. At first, the prints were only the size of a sheet of typing paper. He held up a piece of white cardboard, about the size of a sheet of note paper. It is a neat little unit - exactly the same size as a sheet of A4 paper, and only 65 mm high. Just as she closed her eyes again a huge gust of wind smashed her windows open, sending sheets of paper from her desk to the floor. You will never again sit by your grandmother's bed as she makes those huge paper boats from single sheets of paper for you to sail on rivers produced by the rain. The array consisted of each letter of the alphabet listed twice, once in lower case and once in upper case, displayed in random order on a sheet of paper. Do this on a large A3 sheet and you get a sheet of size A4. Our microprocessor isn't some tiny silicon die - it's the size of a sheet of paper, maybe two. One of the pieces I like the most in the exhibition is a sheet of printing material that dates back to 1491. This outermost layer of your skin is about as thick as a sheet of writing paper. The primary method of examination is to ask the patient to read and pronounce a standard list of words from a sheet of paper. Walking over to her writing area, he picked up a sheet of paper. Finally, Burrose finished typing, and his printer spat out a sheet of paper that he handed to Tom. The whole image can then be printed on a long roll of paper on an ordinary printer or as strips on standard sheets of paper. After passing up their homework, the class took out a sheet of paper and their writing materials for their quiz. Use permanent markers to avoid smudging, and place a sheet of ruled paper underneath so that the writing is evenly spaced. ‘God yes,’ she replied, eyes not leaving the sheets of writing paper she was scrawling all over. It was wrapped in a sheet of writing paper, tied off with a blue bow. You can also do this when they are wet - just be gentle when opening the dry sheets as spots may be stuck together. Synonyms piece of paper, leaf, page, folio 2.1 A quantity of text or other information contained on a sheet of paper. 一张纸容量的文字（或其他信息） he produced yet another sheet of figures 他又出示了一张数字记录。 Example sentencesExamples A series of dive-marshalling sheets on the noticeboard ensures that no more than 20 divers are in the water at a time. He had also wanted to see the information sheet of 14 October 1996. Return the answer sheet printed at the end of the article and fill out all sections carefully. The RAPIDS database provides a single sheet of information for each project. The woman told me that I needed to get my pledge sheet stamped as evidence that I'd actually done the walk. Copy the answer sheet printed at the end of this article and fill out all sections completely. He even printed out a lyric sheet (just the one song) which is now being used by some tuneless people in the lounge! The backs of the information sheets may be used, but I found it easier to use a regular sheet of paper to record that kind of stuff. Grabbing the sheet of information, Scott jumped from his chair, and flew out the door. As the data sheet is printed, any nonconforming numbers appear in red for easy identification and trigger corrective action. 2.2Printing A flat piece of paper as opposed to a reel of continuous paper, the bound pages of a book, or a folded map. 单张（纸）（与卷纸相对）；折贴（与装订好的书页相对）；整张地图（与折叠地图相对） 2.3 All the postage stamps printed on one piece of paper. 一整版邮票 a sheet of stamps 一整版一便士的邮票。 Example sentencesExamples In your May issue you ran an ad for a sheet of Richard Petty postage stamps. That poses a problem with perforation and overlapping other similar stamps on the sheet. The film's title is a reference to the sheet of nine rare postage stamps, which they see as their ticket to the top. Whoever wishes to give a personal touch to stamps can have their photos printed on stamp sheets and use them. Here she embellished sheets of postage stamps with silk thread; the sewing records the situations in which they were sewn. 2.4 A map, especially one part of a series covering a larger area. （尤指大地区系列地图的一部分的）一张地图 Example sentencesExamples These cartographic sheets were used to draft base maps for 6 of the 20 survey zones. 3A broad flat piece of material such as metal or glass. 薄板；薄片 the small pipe has been formed from a flat sheet of bronze 这根小管子是由扁平薄铜片做的。 Example sentencesExamples We do not need a whole new building with flying sheets of glass and yet another piazza of bars and cafes. Others watched as sheets of metal flapped visibly and noisily. Essentially, it is a matter of adding a pigment to the interlayer material between the sheets of glass. But as it was four sheets of glass glued together, it was also very thick and extremely heavy. The use of natural fibers can serve as reinforcements in a matrix material between two metal sheets. The filter plates are formed on a polymer sheet with a series of holes ablated using an eximer laser. The ceiling, which I had expected to be covered in fake palm trees and coconuts, is lined with sheets of bronzed metal, which gives the place a modern touch. Roll out the pasta dough into a sheet and stamp out 7.5cm rounds with a pastry cutter. Several sheets of metal and various pieces of junk were thrust into the air as a strange device emerged from its hiding place. To excel as a mogul skier, you must be on a mogul ski - essentially an old-school slalom ski without the heavy sheets of metal. Mostly the effects and material were taken from the theatre where a metal sheet would replicate thunder and a hard board against another would give the illusion of gunshots. When the reverse side is worked to completion, the lacquer is heated and the metal sheet separated and thoroughly cleaned and work begins on the front. The problem was that the metal sheet was glued to the door frame, but the adhesive did not properly take grip. We were in the lobby of the building; the sheet glass handrails along the central staircase all wavered back and forth throughout the quake. They used Vietnam-era metal sheets, artifacts of a previous war. All appliances were placed in a wooden box protected with insulation material and plastic sheets. The new plant will make the glass sheets used in flat panel television and computer displays beginning in October 2005. Many families now use sheets of metal or plastic to roof their houses. It has been constructed mostly of perforated sheets supported with waterproof materials like fibreglass wool and thermocole. These light guides may take the form of three overlying plastic or glass sheets. Synonyms pane, panel, piece, plate 4An extensive unbroken surface area of something. 一大片 a sheet of ice 片状冰。 Example sentencesExamples The whole park was a sheet of white, the sidewalk, the ground and even the benches. In other taxa, a sheet of bone develops ventrally, between the pila and the basisphenoid. Imagine space time as a sheet of rubber, stretched flat when there is no matter present. It will freeze like a sheet of ice on your face the minute you go out. They may coalesce to form extensive sheets of exudate. Carelessly she ran over to the edges to collect more, but slipped and almost fell because of a sheet of ice that was hidden on the floor underneath the snow. Yet there is a sense in which colour - great unbroken sheets of it - compose the semi-arid environments in which he spent so much of his life. He had long, slightly curly black hair, and beautiful blue eyes that were so light that they looked as if the had a sheet of ice clouding them. But most arctic sea ice consists of pack ice, broken sheets moved by wind and ocean currents. I was going somewhere with my mom, and she slipped on a sheet of ice. A sheet of charcoal clouds stretches into white lace: confusion letting in light. By Thursday the pavements were like sheets of ice, but who cares about people falling over? Solid areas show sheets of uniform, polygonal, epithelioid cells separated by delicate blood vessels. Cover this with a sheet of plastic the size of the slice of bread. Skaters were also having a splendid time in Victoria Park, which had been flooded, and was covered with a sheet of ice in grand condition. The researchers need to test the material in a vacuum to see how it might perform in space, so they stretch triangular sheets of the cloth over four booms that form a square, and pump all the air out. Once he finally got parked, he nearly broke his neck slipping on a sheet of black ice. The onset of winter blankets all in a sheet of white, as snow and ice mask the landscape. Counts were made within a 21 x 21 cm area delimited by a sheet of acetate. You should be able to stretch it with the fingers of both hands into an unbroken sheet at least 3 inches across. Synonyms layer, stratum expanse, area, stretch, sweep 4.1 A broad moving mass of flames or water. 成片移动的火焰（或水） the rain was still falling in sheets 仍然下着倾盆大雨。 Example sentencesExamples This fusion event pinches off the water sheets, trapping the water in cylindrical pores, which are the hallmark of inverted phases. They fired different kinds of shell, which exploded in front of us, sending up great sheets of water. Water spills in glassy sheets over the copper-topped wall, as well as from three keyhole notches along its facade. Water lay in sheets on the paddocks; the luggage on the carts was glistening. I just drove and watched the water run in sheets across the road where the sun was melting snow out in the open. The sheets of water streaming from the black sky slipped and slid over the wooden surface of the deck. Rain began to drip down from the sky, slowly getting heavier until the sky was pouring sheets of water down upon the participants. By three o'clock on this November afternoon it is already dark, with a gale raging and rain sweeping in sheets across the angry water of the loch. The drama of being a small person within a vast black space, relieved by gashes of red light, sheets of flame and more spots of white light, has to be experienced. The devastation was horrific: vast palls of smoke billowing from twisted window frames and sheets of flame shooting up the side of the building. It finally rained at night, quiet but intense rain, the sort where you look out and see sheets of water moving across vast tracts of Singapore like a purposive entity. The image is clear and detailed, the sheets of water and sky flawless, the poised moment evocative but unemotional. Its sheet of water falls smoothly into a shallow canal that continues the lines of the building, and reflects both it and the rich vegetation of the park. Suddenly the creek falls in a graceful sheet of water into a turquoise pool. A cool wind blew at us from the trees, slanting the sheets of flame so their tongues lashed out at the camp. He could not see much detail through the sheets of rain, but he had snooped about this area before, so he had a fair idea of what it looked like. Heavy sheets of water were battering the pavements. I will sleep, I think; for the sheets of shimmering water are growing dark and angry, and the wind is rising. Almost 40 mm of rain fell on Saturday night, leaving sheets of water on the oval that is used only during finals. Steam hissed and water came in cascading sheets as she shook the biting coldness away. verbSHētʃit 1with object Cover with or wrap in a sheet or sheets. （用布）盖上，裹上 we sheeted a narrow bed Example sentencesExamples It would have been already put up, but would be sheeted over in respect of Good Friday, then opened in all its loud raucous noisy shining glory on Easter Saturday. Delivery vehicles will be sheeted and limited to five movements to and from the plant each working day. These low buildings have no movement; the windows are sheeted like mirrors to hide their games from anyone outside and this is as it should be. 2no object, with adverbial of direction (of rain) fall in large quantities. （雨）倾盆（或瓢泼）而下 rain sheeted down 雨瓢泼而下。 Example sentencesExamples The photo is slightly murky because of the sleet sheeting down from the sky and the fact that I'm trying to keep my arm from blowing off. At ten o'clock it was sheeting down, a huge torrent, and the cars on the road outside threw up massive sprays as they whizzed passed. We awake to hissing, bruise-coloured curtains of rain sheeting over the decks, the sky blacker than a preacher's gown. Rain was sheeting down and it was freezing cold. Outside a fine mist of drizzle is sheeting down. Who wants to pay £22 to seat on a small plastic seat for 90 minutes, in the blistering cold, rain sheeting into your face. Inevitably the rain starts sheeting down, but it's no deterrent to visitors intent on a walk on the beach while the faint-hearted pack J.D Wetherspoon, the Promenades and the amusement arcades. Crowds jostle and a six-piece jazz band begins to entertain the captive audience as the rain sheets down outside. The rain is sheeting down out of a heavy sky, turning the Knavesmire into more of a quagmire. Rain sheets down, fog descends, soldiers' boots squelch through mud on an endless, agonising climb. He could now see that it was really smoking and a fire was blazing in spite of the rain sheeting down around it. Origin Old English scēte, scīete, of Germanic origin; related to the verb shoot in its primary sense ‘to project’. sheet² nounSHētʃit Nautical 1A rope attached to the lower corner of a sail for securing or extending the sail or for altering its direction. 缭绳，帆脚索 Example sentencesExamples The guy got very frustrated with Andy who didn't realise that ropes are called sheets in the sailing world. With one sail, one halyard, one sheet, and two winches, the boat is the ultimate in uncomplicated sailing. Turn into the wind and let out the sheet to allow the sail to go slack. Soon all three of us have got the hang of tacking, pulling in and letting out the sheets (the ropes attached to the sails) and steering. It's the one the sheet is attached to on a foresail, and the one the outhaul is attached to on the main. 2sheetsThe space at the bow or stern of an open boat. 敞舱船的首尾区域 verbSHētʃit [with object]sheet something in/outNautical 1Make a sail more or less taut. 把（帆）扣紧（或放松） notice also how he is sheeting in the sail you need to sheet it out considerably to slow down Example sentencesExamples The tiller goes down, the sails are sheeted in flat and tight, the boat heels into the wind and we to turn to hammer over the line a couple of seconds afterwards, safe and in the lead. We dropped everything except the main and mizzen, tried in vain to get some speed, then gave up and sheeted them in tight and turned on the engine. 1.1sheet something home Extend a sail by tightening the sheets so that the sail is set as flat as possible. 扣紧（帆脚索）张帆 the jib is sheeted home Example sentencesExamples The first vessels moved away from the docks while canvas crept up the masts and sails were sheeted home, and they watched in fascination as the entire convoy began to move. Phrases two (or three) sheets to the wind informal Drunk. 〈非正式〉大醉 he reclined, two sheets to the wind, his back propped against the wall Example sentencesExamples I hadn't seen much of him at the party, but as we talked I realized that he was maybe not three, but at least two sheets to the wind. We were three sheets to the wind on ‘The Cutty’. No, I mean, that kiss, way back when you were three sheets to the wind, when you kissed me, that was your first kiss, ever? Once the Times identifies some emerging trend, that trend is already three sheets to the wind. ‘He was three sheets to the wind when he got back to the airport,’ said Quinlan as we talked in Jury's Inn on the banks of the Shannon last week. I once stumbled onto college radio three sheets to the wind and pronounced it so, and proceeded to emit a ghoulish, gurgling on-mic scream. I'd start intelligent debate about it but I was three sheets to the wind when I watched it and recall very little about it. And as usual, dear reader, I was cursed with the ability to remember every sordid detail despite being three sheets to the wind. But the icing on the whole cake for me, the thing that I will always remember as priceless, was our friend D.A., three sheets to the wind and parked on the end of the couch with orders from his wife not to move. ‘People are being put off going into the town because of the behaviour of these men who think it's great fun to come out of the clubs, three sheets to the wind, and smash windows,’ she said. Origin Old English scēata ‘lower corner of a sail’, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse skauti ‘kerchief’ (see also sheet). noun.1 noun.2 phr.
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