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sheathed

/sheeth/US // ʃiθ //UK // (ʃiːθ) //

出鞘的,出鞘,出了鞘的,出壳

Related Words

covering覆盖,覆盖面,涵盖,覆盖率coat大衣,外套,外衣,褂子sheathing鞘膜,护套板,鞘线,护墙板wrapping包装,包裹,封装,包围scabbard刀鞘,鞘套,鞘,柙spathe花瓣,花葶,花柱,花轴case案例,案件,案子,案envelope笼罩,笼罩着,笼罩面,笼子wrapper护套,护网,包皮,包皮机capsule蒴果,胶囊,蒴鸟,蒴状物skin皮肤,皮肤病,皮肤病患者dress衣服,礼服,穿着,穿衣

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural sheaths [sheethz]. /ʃiðz/.

    • : a case or covering for the blade of a sword, dagger, or the like.
    • : any similar close-fitting covering or case.
    • : a condom.
    • : Biology. a closely enveloping part or structure, as in an animal or plant.
    • : Botany. the leaf base when it forms a vertical coating surrounding the stem.
    • : a close-fitting dress, skirt, or coat, especially an unbelted dress with a straight drape.
    • : Electricity. the metal covering of a cable.
    • : Electronics. the metal wall of a wave guide.a space charge formed by ions near an electrode in a tube containing low-pressure gas.the region of a space charge in a cathode-ray tube.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to sheathe.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbenvelop
Synonyms
encase套装,包裹,包围,包容cover覆盖,掩护,报道,涵盖enclose围住,附上,附带,附带说明surround环绕,围绕,围住,围绕着wrap包裹,包装,包裹着,包围

Examples

  • Along with a convenient carrying case that acts like a sheath, it comes with a removable cap and can double as a spare stake for your tent or a spear tip for fishing.

  • The autopsy found injuries, including skull fractures and optic nerve sheaths that were torn.

  • Just like the clip on a pocketknife, that sheath should be considered the primary determining factor in your purchase.

  • If you want to carry a backpack with a hipbelt while wearing a knife on your belt, you’ll need a sheath that drops the pommel below your belt.

  • If you plan to carry a fixed-blade knife on your belt, you’ll want a sheath that positions the pommel at or below the top of your belt.

  • Many gyms are in conspicuous downtown locations and sheathed in clear glass so passersby can watch people working out.

  • Lyall provided the supporting structure, employing quarter-inch nylon boning sheathed in muslin to facilitate sewing.

  • Despite the anguish, his life was sheathed in mother love, family love, and survived and did more than that.

  • "An incompetent populist," was the most sheathed answer I heard.

  • The cables are wrapped in cotton duck soaked in oxidized oil and varnish, and are sheathed in sheet iron.

  • His long sword, sheathed in wood, named by him the "Sweetheart of the Faith," hung from his leathern shoulder belt.

  • The posts were sheathed with marble elaborately carved, as in the example from Pompeii, shown in Fig. 68.

  • Winfree ducked, found one of the dress sabers ignominiously sheathed in snow, and drew it out.

  • With his usual contemptuous air he regarded the young Indian, who was unarmed, save for the sheathed hunting knife.

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