核心畫面

Picture snapping a bed sheet open so it floats out flat before it settles. Three things are true of it: it is wide, it is thin, and it has no shape of its own until something holds it. English hands that same picture to paper, to metal, to ice on a lake, and even to rain when it comes down in one solid curtain.

可以想成:把床單抖開的那一瞬間,它整片浮起來、攤平、然後落下。這個東西有三個特點:面積大、很薄、本身沒有固定的形狀。更多收起可以想成:把床單抖開的那一瞬間,它整片浮起來、攤平、然後落下。這個東西有三個特點:面積大、很薄、本身沒有固定的形狀。sheet 的各種用法,就像都從這張攤開的平面長出來:紙、金屬、湖面的冰,甚至大雨落下來像一整面簾子的時候,英文用的都是同一個字。

From the picture

覆蓋一大片的東西

從「一張可以拿起來的薄東西」變成「攤在那裡的一整面」:不再數得出是一片還是兩片,重點是它把底下的東西整個蓋住了。

ice or water sheet · noun · B1

a wide flat area of something like ice or water that covers a surface

一大片

船上控制帆的繩索

這一支不是從「薄布」比喻來的,而是另一條路走進英文:它來自古英語 sceatline(帆索),縮短自 sceata「帆的下角」,那個字原本才是「一塊布」。也就是說,繩子是以它抓著的那個帆角命名的。

sail rope · noun · B1

a rope or chain on a boat that holds a sail and controls its angle to the wind

帆腳索

Also in this word

bed sheet · noun · B1

A large thin piece of cloth that you lie on or under in bed.

床單

sheet of paper · noun · B1

a flat piece of paper for writing on, or one that has information on it

一張紙

sheet of material · noun · B1

a thin flat piece of a hard material such as metal or glass, usually with straight sides

薄片

原始詞典資料21 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Sheetname

  • 1

    A village and civil parish in East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England, previously in Petersfield parish (OS grid ref SU7524).

  • 2

    A small village in Ludford parish, next to Ludlow, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO5374).

sheetnoun詞源 1/ʃiːt/

  • 1

    A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.

    • Use the sheets in the hall closet to make the bed.
    • He fell into a trance, and saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners.
  • 2

    A piece of paper, usually rectangular, that has been prepared for writing, artwork, drafting, wrapping, manufacture of packaging (boxes, envelopes, etc.), and for other uses. The word does not include scraps and irregular small pieces destined to be recycled, used for stuffing or cushioning or paper mache, etc. In modern books, each sheet of paper is typically folded in half, to produce two leaves and four pages. In the absence of folding, "leaf" and "sheet" are equivalent.

    • A sheet of paper measuring eight and one-half inches wide by eleven inches high is a popular item in commerce.
    • Paper is designated “20 pound” if a stack (ream) of 500 sheets 22 inches by 17 inches weighs 20 pounds.
  • 3

    A flat metal pan, often without raised edge, used for baking.

    • Place the rolls on the cookie sheet, edges touching, and bake for 10-11 minutes.
  • 4

    A thin, flat piece or layer of solid material.

    • The glazer cut several panes from a large sheet of glass.
    • A sheet of that new silicon stuff is as good as a sheet of tinfoil to keep food from sticking in the baking pan.
  • 5

    A broad, flat expanse or covering of a material on a surface.

    • Mud froze on the road in a solid sheet, then more rain froze into a sheet of ice on top of the mud!
  • 6

    An expanse of something.

    • […] heavy sheets of rain with heavy gusts at N.E.; […]
    • ... sheets of fire could be seen. The air became intensely hot and they knew that the forest-fire was upon them.
  • 7

    nauticaltransportA line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail.

    • To be "three sheets to the wind" is to say that a four-cornered sail is tethered only by one sheet and thus the sail is useless.
  • 8

    nauticaltransportA sail.

    • Their folded Sheets dismiss the useless Air
另外 6 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    ball-gamescurlinggamesThe area of ice on which the game of curling is played.

  • 10

    A layer of veneer.

  • 11

    Precipitation of such quantity and force as to resemble a thin, virtually solid wall.

  • 12

    geographygeologynatural-sciencesAn extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.

  • 13

    nauticaltransportThe space in the forward or after part of a boat where there are no rowers.

    • fore sheets; stern sheets
  • 14

    datedvideo-gamesA distinct level or stage within a game.

    • The gecko moves from left to right and you must catch him when he calls. […] On the second sheet you must stand under the Gecko in the tree and jump, and on the third sheet you must catch the Gecko's friend.
    • If you land safely you will gain 30 extra points and move to the next sheet.

sheetverb詞源 1/ʃiːt/

  • 1

    To cover or wrap with cloth, or paper, or other similar material.

    • Remember to sheet the floor before you start painting.
    • Yea, like a stag, when snow the pasture sheets, / The barks of trees thou browsed'st.
  • 2

    To form into sheets.

  • 3

    To pour heavily.

    • We couldn't go out because the rain was sheeting down all day long.
  • 4

    nauticaltransportTo trim a sail using a sheet.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。