Old English sceaf (plural sceafas) "large bundle of corn," from Proto-Germanic *skauf- (cognates: Old Saxon scof, Middle Dutch scoof, Dutch schoof, Old High German scoub "sheaf, bundle," German Schaub "sheaf;" Old Norse skauf "fox's tail;" Gothic skuft "hair on the head," German Schopf "tuft"), from PIE root *(s)keup- "cluster, tuft, hair of the head." Extended to bundles of things other than grain by c. 1300. Also used in Middle English for "two dozen arrows." General sense of "a collection" is from 1728.
sheaf 双语例句
1. He took out a sheaf of papers and leafed through them.
他拿出一沓报纸，匆匆翻阅了一下。
来自柯林斯例句
2. She moved the sheaf of papers into position.
她把那捆报纸挪到合适的地方。
来自柯林斯例句
3. The speaker came into the hall carrying a sheaf of notes.
演讲者带着一扎笔记走进大厅.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. This essentially implies that the presheaf is a sheaf.
这实质上蕴含着预层是一个层.
来自辞典例句
5. He drew a sheaf of papers from his breast pocket.