sheet
US: /ˈʃit/
UK: /ʃˈiːt/
UK: /ʃˈiːt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
sheet /ʃi:t/
- danh từ
- khăn trải giường
- to get between the sheets: đi ngủ
- lá, tấm, phiến, tờ
- a sheet of iron: một tấm sắt
- loose sheet: giấy rời
- tờ báo
- dải
- a sheet of ice: một dải băng
- (địa lý,địa chất) vỉa
- (hàng hải) dây lèo (để điều chỉnh buồm)
- (thơ ca) buồm
- to be a sheet in the wind
- (từ lóng) ngà ngà say
- to be three sheets in the wind
- (từ lóng) say bí tỉ, say khướt
- khăn trải giường
- ngoại động từ
- đậy, phủ, trùm kín
- to sheet over a waggon: phủ kín một toa xe bằng vải bạt
- the town was sheeted over with snow: tuyết phủ đầy thành phố
- kết lại thành tấm, hợp lại thành phiến
- sheeted rain: mưa như đổ nước
- (hàng hải) giữ buồm bằng dây lèo
- to sheet home
- buộc căng dây lèo buồm
- đậy, phủ, trùm kín
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
on bed
1 a large piece of thin fabric used on a bed to lie on or lie under: Have you changed the sheets (= put clean sheets on the bed)? + He slid between the sheets and closed his eyes.
of paper
2 a piece of paper for writing or printing on, etc. usually in a standard size: a clean / blank sheet of paper (= with no writing on it) + Start each answer on a fresh sheet. + Pick up one of our free information sheets at reception. + a sheet of A4
flat thin piece
3 a flat thin piece of any material, normally square or RECTANGULAR: a sheet of glass / steel + sheet metal (= metal that has been made into thin sheets) + Place the dough on a baking sheet (= for cooking sth in an oven).
wide flat area
4 a wide flat area of sth, covering the surface of sth else: The road was covered with a sheet of ice.
of fire / water
5 a large moving mass of fire or water: a sheet of flame + The rain was coming down in sheets (= very heavily).
on sail
6 (technical) a rope or chain fastened to the lower corner of a sail to hold it and to control the angle of the sail
Help Note: There are other compounds ending sheet. You will find them at their place in the alphabet.
Idioms see CLEAN adj.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 bed-sheet, crib-sheet, fitted sheet, flat sheet, US contour sheet:
How often do you change the sheets on your bed?
2 leaf, folio, page:
He tore a sheet of paper from the notebook.
3 pane, panel, plate, slab:
The desk has a sheet of glass on top for protection.
4 lamina, lamination, layer, stratum, veneer, membrane:
Plywood is made up of a number of thin sheets of pressed wood bonded together for strength.
5 area, expanse, stretch, layer, film, coat, coating, covering, blanket, cover, surface, skin, veneer:
The sheet of ice on the road made driving hazardous.
6 newspaper, journal, paper, tabloid, gazette, daily, weekly, monthly, Colloq rag:
Have you got a copy of the sheet that published the article about you?
Collocation dictionary
1 large piece of fabric used on a bed
ADJ.
clean, fresh
a pile of clean sheets
| crumpled
She had slept in her bed?the sheets were crumpled.
| white | cool | cotton, linen, plastic, rubber, satin, silk | bed, double, fitted, single | bottom, top
VERB + SHEET
change, fold, put on, tuck in
She changed the sheets on all the beds. Could you put some fresh sheets on the bed?
| climb between, slide between, slip between/under
I slipped under the sheets and was asleep in an instant.
| cover sb/sth with, pull back/over/up
The police had covered the body with a sheet. I pulled the sheet up over my nose.
PREP.
beneath/under a/the ~ | between the ~
She lay between the cool sheets.
PHRASES
sheets and blankets
2 piece of paper
ADJ.
blank, clean
He pulled a blank sheet of paper towards him and began to write.
| A3, A4, etc. | large | printed, typed
The advertisement was a single printed sheet.
| loose, separate | answer, balance, data, diet, fact, information, news, record, score
I sent for the programme's free fact sheet on the disease.
VERB + SHEET
take, use
Take a clean sheet of paper and start again.
SHEET + NOUN
music
PREP.
~ of
a sheet of blotting paper
PHRASES
a sheet of paper
3 flat thin piece of any material
ADJ.
flat, large, thin | baking | dust
The furniture was covered in dust sheets.
| canvas, plastic, polythene | ice
the Antarctic ice sheet
SHEET + NOUN
metal, steel, vinyl
sheet metal workers
PREP.
~ of
a sheet of glass/plastic/metal (figurative) Sheets of flame shot into the air.
Concise English dictionary
sheets|sheeted|sheetingʃɪːt
noun
+any broad thin expanse or surface
+used for writing or printing
+bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs
+(mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape
+newspaper with half-size pages
+a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width
+(nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
+a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
verb
+come down as if in sheets
+cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping
