sheet
noun OPAL S
/ʃiːt/
/ʃiːt/
Idioms - enlarge imagea large piece of thin cloth used on a bed to lie on or lie under
床单；被单 - Have you changed the sheets (= put clean sheets on the bed)?
被单你换了吗？ - He slid between the sheets and closed his eyes.
他钻进被子里，闭上了眼睛。 - white bed sheets
白色床单
- Could you put some fresh sheets on the bed?
你能在床上铺上新床单吗？ - He threw back the sheets and rolled out of bed.
他掀开被单，一骨碌起了床。 - I pulled the sheet up over my nose.
我把被单拉上来盖住鼻子。 - I simply wrapped the sheet around her.
我只是帮她把被单掖好。 - I slipped under the sheets and was asleep in an instant.
我钻进被窝，一会儿就睡着了。 - I threw a sheet over the sofa.
我用被单盖住沙发。 - She had slept in her bed—the sheets were crumpled.
她在床上睡过——被单皱巴巴的。 - She lay between the cool sheets.
她躺在被窝里，被单和褥单都很清爽。 - The police had covered the body with a sheet.
警察已用被单盖住尸体。 - The baby was wrapped in a sheet.
婴儿被裹在被单里。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- clean
- crisp
- fresh
- …
- change
- fold
- put on
- …
- cover
- hang
- beneath a/the sheet
- under a/the sheet
- between the sheets
- …
- sheets and blankets
- be white as a sheet
- Have you changed the sheets (= put clean sheets on the bed)?
- a piece of paper for writing or printing on, etc. usually in a standard size
一张（通常指标准尺寸的纸） - sheet of something a clean/blank sheet of paper (= with no writing on it)
一张白纸 - a sheet of A4
一张 A4 纸 - Start each answer on a fresh sheet.
每题答案都分别写在一张白纸上。 - Pick up one of our free information sheets at reception.
请在接待处拿一份我们的免费资料。
- He grabbed a blank sheet of paper and began to write.
他拿了张白纸开始写字。 - Take a clean sheet of paper and start again.
拿一张白纸重新开始。 - She tore a sheet out of her notebook.
她从笔记本上撕下一张纸。 - The advertisement was a single printed sheet.
广告只是一张打印出来的纸。 - a sheet of blotting paper
一张吸墨纸
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- blank
- clean
- A3
- …
- take
- use
- rip
- …
- music
- sheet of
- a sheet of paper
- sheet of something a clean/blank sheet of paper (= with no writing on it)
- a flat thin piece of any material, normally square or rectangular
薄片，薄板（多指正方形或长方形的） - sheet of something a sheet of glass/plastic/plywood/steel
一片玻璃/塑料/胶合板/钢板 - sheet metal (= metal that has been made into thin sheets)
金属板
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- flat
- large
- thick
- …
- metal
- steel
- vinyl
- …
- sheet of
- sheet of something a sheet of glass/plastic/plywood/steel
- a wide flat area of something, covering the surface of something else
一大片（覆盖物） - sheet of something The road was covered with a sheet of ice.
路面结了一层冰。
- Sheets of lava poured out.
一片片熔岩涌出。 - Most of the surface is covered by a sheet of clay.
大部分表面被一层粘土覆盖着。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- flat
- large
- thick
- …
- metal
- steel
- vinyl
- …
- sheet of
- sheet of something The road was covered with a sheet of ice.
- a large moving mass of fire or water
一大片，一大堆，一大摊（移动的火或水） - a sheet of flame
一片火海 - The rain was coming down in sheets (= very heavily).
大雨倾盆而下。
- a sheet of flame
- (specialist) a rope or chain fastened to the lower corner of a sail to hold it and to control the angle of the sail
帆脚索；拉帆绳
on bed床上
of paper纸
flat thin piece片
wide flat area大片
of fire/water火；水
on sail帆上
词源noun senses 1 to 5 Old English scēte, scīete, of Germanic origin; related to the verb shoot in its primary sense ‘to project’.noun sense 6 Old English scēata ‘lower corner of a sail’, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse skauti ‘kerchief’.
Idioms
a clean sheet/slate
- a record of your work or behaviour that does not show any mistakes or bad things that you have done
无过错记录；清白的历史 - No government operates with a completely clean sheet.
没有任何政府执政一点也不失误。 - They kept a clean sheet in the match (= no goals were scored against them).
他们在比赛中未失一球。
- No government operates with a completely clean sheet.