sheet /ʃiːt/ ●●● S1 W2 noun [countableC] 1 for a bed 床上用的DH a large piece of thin cloth that you put on a bed to lie on or lie under 床单,被单 → blanket, duvet I’ll go and find you some clean sheets and blankets. 我去给你们找些干净的床单和毯子。
white cotton sheets 白色的棉布床单
change the sheets (=put clean sheets on a bed) 换床单
→4 See picture of 见图 BED 1 3 thin flat piece 薄片THIN OBJECT OR MATERIAL a thin flat piece of something such as metal or glass, that usually has four sides 〔金属或玻璃等,一般有四边的〕薄片,薄板 → sheet metal► see thesaurus at piece 4 large flat area 一大片面积WATER a large flat area of something such as ice or water spread over a surface 〔冰或水等的〕一大片sheet of A sheet of ice covered the lake. 湖面上覆盖着一层冰。
5 of rain/fire 雨/火LOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNT a sheet of rain or fire is a very large moving mass of it 一团,一片,一层〔移动的东西〕sheet of Sheets of flame shot into the air. 团团火焰冲向天空。
in sheets The rain was coming down in sheets. 大雨倾盆而下。
→ baking sheet, balance sheet, cookie sheet, rap sheet, time sheet, → as white as a sheet at white1(3), → clean sheet at clean1(9)