单词 | sheet |
释义 | sheet (ʃiːt ) Word forms: sheets 1. countable noun B1+ A sheet is a large rectangular piece of cotton or other cloth that you sleep on or cover yourself with in a bed. Once a week, a maid changes the sheets. ...the luxury of silk sheets. Synonyms: bedding, bed linen, bed clothes 2. countable noun A2 A sheet of paper is a rectangular piece of paper. ...a sheet of newspaper. [+ of] I was able to fit it all on one sheet. Synonyms: page, leaf, folio, piece of paper 3. countable noun [usually noun NOUN] A2 You can use sheet to refer to a piece of paper which gives information about something. ...information sheets on each country in the world. [+ on] 4. countable noun B2 A sheet of glass, metal, or wood is a large, flat, thin piece of it. ...a cracked sheet of glass. [+ of] Overhead, cranes were lifting giant sheets of steel. [+ of] Vinyl can be laid in sheet or tile form. Synonyms: plate, piece, panel, slab 5. countable noun B2 A sheet of something is a thin wide layer of it over the surface of something else. ...a sheet of ice. [+ of] ...a blue-grey sheet of dust. [+ of] Synonyms: coat, film, layer, membrane 6. countable noun [usually NOUN of noun] A sheet of fire or water is a fast-moving mass of it that is difficult to see through. The streets were now in one fierce sheet of flame. Sheets of rain slanted across the road. Synonyms: expanse, area, stretch, sweep 7. countable noun [oft noun NOUN] In sailing, a sheet is a line or rope used for controlling the position of a sail on a boat. 8. See also balance sheet, broadsheet, dust sheet, fact sheet, groundsheet, news-sheet, scoresheet, spreadsheet, worksheet 9. as white as a sheet phrase If someone looks white as a sheet or as white as a sheet, they look very frightened, shocked, or ill. He appeared in the doorway, white as a sheet, eyes wide with horror. Idioms: sing from the same hymn sheet [British] if two or more people are singing from the same hymn sheet, they agree about something, and are saying the same things in public about it As she and her husband face a court case, they can be relied upon to sing from the same hymn sheet. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers keep a clean sheet [British, journalism] in a football match, if a team keeps a clean sheet, no goals are scored against them Tottenham's most successful season was 1944-45: on twelve occasions they kept a clean sheet. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers start with a clean sheet to be allowed to forget previous debts or mistakes, and so be given a new chance to succeed at something The Christmas break has erased unhappy memories and allowed the Government to start the new year with a clean sheet. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers white as a sheet or white as a ghost very pale and frightened There was another lorry driver who pulled in in front of me, who it affected badly. She was as white as a sheet. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: cotton sheet Rooms have white walls, wooden floors, beds with Egyptian cotton sheets and neat bathrooms. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The last guests will have departed in the afternoon, the legion of maids having removed the flowers and stripped the cotton sheets. Times, Sunday Times (2007) In the centre there was a huge bed with good quality cotton sheets. Times, Sunday Times (2010) The church passed around a four-page sign-up sheet listing every area of the facility. Christianity Today We circulate a sign-up sheet with hour-long blocks of time, provide prayer resources, open the sanctuary at the beginning of the vigil, and see that the last person locks up. Christianity Today After the presentation, we circulated sign-up sheets among the seventy-some present. Christianity Today The snuggest of sanctuaries has to be the bed, but silk sheets will make it extra cosy. Times, Sunday Times The seats, later converted to beds, were covered in silk sheets. Times, Sunday Times Tonight we will kip on a camp bed in a traditional mud-floored, reed-walled thatched hut: the luxury of authenticity rather than silk sheets. Times, Sunday Times These are back to basics, off-grid 'wild glamping' tents— there are no silk sheets or hairdryers here. Times, Sunday Times Its compartments have hand-carved wooden panels and hand-woven silk sheets. Times, Sunday Times Simply spread a sheet over the area to be planted and secure it with pegs to the raised bed surround. Times, Sunday Times Some of them live on the edge of financial collapse each time they print out a new spread sheet. Christianity Today Incredibly, in 2008, the stores could not access the internet or produce a spread sheet. Times, Sunday Times I would spread a sheet of paper on the ground and draw the countryside. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 One may spread a sheet, however, over the frame of a two-post bed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The stressstrain graphs of cold-formed steel sheet mainly fall into two categories. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This may be made of brickwork for a stationary boiler, or steel sheet for a locomotive. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The port receives lumber, salt for water softening, automobiles, and steel sheet and plate. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These products are typically made from cold rolled carbon steel sheet with a zinc-plated and chromated bright surface finish. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It features stiffer body joins and use of more plated steel sheet for improved durability and reliability. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Recessed into a thick sheet of balsa wood were hideous metal cylinders and terminals with wires protruding. Times, Sunday Times The small arches of the bridge created such a barrier to the flow of the river that the ice floes froze together into a thick sheet. Times, Sunday Times It was constructed from a single piece that could be pressed from a single thick sheet of steel, giving it added strength. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A framework of 24 steel girders was built on a concrete base, and a skin of 5mm thick sheet metal was riveted to the framework. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many manufacturers provide minimum 24 gauge (nominal: 0.0239 inch; 0.61 mm) thick sheet steel in self-framing wall designs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We are only made of thin sheet plating: the hull of the submarine is immensely strong. SAN ANDREAS (2002) Cover a thin sheet of cardboard with tin foil and place it behind your radiators. The Sun (2015) They were often made from thin sheet metal, and they had to compete against similar things from the Netherlands. Times, Sunday Times (2014) The nomadic artists of the company theater move from one village to another, pitch tin sheet tents and stage plays. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The team has so far delivered more than 11,000 corrugated tin sheets, 4,000 pieces of timber and tool kits to build shelters using these materials. Times, Sunday Times Rusty old tin sheets are nailed on to the roof or the sides of buildings to give them a slapdash appearance. Times, Sunday Times The counterfort with the staircase was roofed with wooden boards and tin sheets in 1869. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The depot has a hip roof, covered with tin sheets stamped to look like mission tiles. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Remove the top sheet of clingfilm and place your hand under the bottom sheet. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Peel off the top sheet and cut out the biscuits with a 5cm pastry cutter. Times, Sunday Times (2015) The fabric can either match or tone with the duvet or quilt cover, or top sheet. Collins Complete Books of Soft Furnishings (1993) By the time they revisited the apartment 24 hours after she was taken, cleaners had washed the sheets, blankets and pillowcase. The Sun You may well end up doing the laundry, but if you wash the sheets, she might be willing to spend more time between them. Times,Sunday Times It's almost as much fun as doing it yourself, and you don't need to wash the sheets. Times, Sunday Times She stops off to check whether a washing machine in one of the outbuildings has finished its cycle and curses when she sees it hasn't washed some sheets properly. Times, Sunday Times You just washed your sheets and carried on. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 被单, 一张 Japanese: シーツ, ・・・枚 |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含147115条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。