Tra từ sheet - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

sheet [sheet sheets sheeted sheeting] BrE [ʃiːt] NAmE [ʃiːt] noun

ON BED
1. a large piece of thin cloth 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.

see also ↑dust sheet

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 There are other compounds ending sheet. You will find them at their place in the alphabet.
see a clean sheet/slate at ↑clean _adj.

Word Origin:
n. senses 1 to 5 Old English scēte scīete Germanic ↑shoot ‘to project’ n. sense 6 Old English scēata ‘lower corner of a sail’ Germanic Old Norse skauti ‘kerchief’

Thesaurus:
sheet noun C
•Take a clean sheet of paper.
page • • side • • slip •
a sheet/slip of paper
on a/the sheet/page/side/slip
in the middle/at the bottom/at the top of the sheet/page
a/an blank/loose/printed/separate/A4/A5 sheet/page

Example Bank:
•A wall of sheet rock was placed down the middle.
•Could you put some fresh sheets on the bed?
•He grabbed a blank sheet of paper and began to write.
•He threw back the sheets and rolled out of bed.
•I need cheat sheets to help me cram for my exam.
•I pulled the sheet up over my nose.
•I sent for the free fact sheet on the disease.
•I simply wrapped the sheet around her.
•I slipped under the sheets and was asleep in an instant.
•I threw a sheet over the sofa.
•She changed the sheets on all the beds.
•She had slept in her bed— the sheets were crumpled.
•She lay between the cool sheets.
•She tore a sheet out of her notebook.
•Sheets of flame shot into the air.
•Take a clean sheet of paper and start again.
•The advertisement was a single printed sheet.
•The furniture was covered in dust sheets.
•The police had covered the body with a sheet.
•The sky was lit up by great flashes of sheet lightning.
•a fax cover sheet
•a pile of clean sheets
•a sheet of blotting paper
•a sheet of glass/plastic/metal
•sheet metal workers
•sheets hung on a line
•the Antarctic ice sheet
•Decision makers do not have a blank sheet upon which they can inscribe their own policy proposals.
•Most of the surface is covered by a sheet of clay.
•Sheets of lava poured out.
•The front wheels slid sideways on a sheet of ice.