綁成一把的東西
這一組都是名詞，差別只在綁的是什麼：稻麥、紙，還是箭。共通點是長度、方向一致，而且綁完之後當成一個整體。
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A bundle of cut wheat, rice, corn or other grain, with the stalks lying the same way and tied round the middle, so that it can stand in the field or be carried.
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核心畫面
One way to hold this word: an armful of long straight things, turned so they all lie the same way, and tied once round the middle. The tie is what makes many things into one thing you can pick up, count and carry. Stalks of wheat were the first, and after that anything that gathers the same way — sheets of paper, arrows in a quiver — borrowed the same word.
sheaf 可以想成「抱起來的一把，理齊之後在中間綁一圈」。綁的那一下是重點：綁了之後，很多東西就變成一個東西，可以…更多收起
sheaf 可以想成「抱起來的一把，理齊之後在中間綁一圈」。綁的那一下是重點：綁了之後，很多東西就變成一個東西，可以提得起來、數得出來、搬得動。最早綁的是田裡割下的麥稈。後來凡是用同樣方式聚成一把的東西，都借用了這個字，紙是一種，箭也是一種。動詞則是這個動作本身。From the word’s history
From Middle English scheef, Old English sċēaf, from Proto-Germanic *skauba- meaning sheaf. Dutch schoof and German Schaub are the same word, and they also mean a bundle of grain, so the harvest picture is the original one.
sheaf 來自中古英語 scheef、古英語 sċēaf，再往前是原始日耳曼語 *skauba-，意思就是「一綑穀物」。荷蘭文 schoof、德文 Schaub 是同一個字，指的也是穀捆。所以田裡那一束不是後來的引申，而是這個字最早的樣子；紙和箭都是後來借用同一個畫面。
Wiktionary via kaikki snapshot 3f6f69a190036ae4, sheaf etymology: From Middle English scheef, from Old English sċēaf, from Proto-West Germanic *skaub, from Proto-Germanic *skauba- (sheaf)
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