sheet /ʃiːt/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A sheet is a large rectangular piece of cotton or other cloth that you sleep on or cover yourself with in a bed. 床单; 被单

  例：

  Once a week, a maid changes the sheets.

  女仆每个星期换一次床单。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT A sheet of paper is a rectangular piece of paper. (一) 张 (纸)

  例：

  ...a sheet of newspaper.

  …一张报纸。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT You can use sheet to refer to a piece of paper which gives information about something. (一份) 资料

  例：

  ...information sheets on each country in the world.

  …有关世界各国的情报资料。

• 4. 

  N-COUNT A sheet of glass, metal, or wood is a large, flat, thin piece of it. (一) 块 (玻璃、金属或木头等)

  例：

  ...a cracked sheet of glass.

  …一块裂开的玻璃。

  例：

  Overhead cranes were lifting giant sheets of steel.

  高架起重机正吊起一块块巨大的钢材。

• 5. 

  N-COUNT A sheet of something is a thin wide layer of it over the surface of something else. (一) 大层 (覆盖物)

  例：

  ...a sheet of ice.

  …一大层冰。

• 6. 

  V to provide with, cover, or wrap in a sheet 包裹

• 7. 

  V (of rain, snow, etc) to fall heavily (雨，雪等)下得很大

• 8. 

  → see also balance sheet, broadsheet, fact sheet, spreadsheet, worksheet