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 床單,被單 → blanket, duvetI’ll go and find you some clean sheets and blankets. 我去給你們找些幹淨的床單和毯子。
white cotton sheets 白色的棉布床單
change the sheets (=put clean sheets on a bed) 換床單
→4 See picture of 見圖 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 〔金屬或玻璃等,一般有四邊的〕薄片,薄板 → sheet metal► see thesaurus at piece 4 large flat area 一大片面積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 ofA sheet of ice covered the lake. 湖面上覆蓋着一層冰。
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 一團,一片,一層〔移動的東西〕sheet ofSheets of flame shot into the air. 團團火焰沖向天空。
in sheetsThe rain was coming down in sheets. 大雨傾盆而下。
→ baking sheet, balance sheet, cookie sheet, rap sheet, time sheet, → as white as a sheet at white1(3), → clean sheet at clean1(9)