sheets
sheets — 慣用語
1. a way to describe very heavy rain that looks like a wall or curtain of water fal
滂沱大雨
形容雨勢極大，如瀑布般落下
a way to describe very heavy rain that looks like a wall or curtain of water falling from the sky, making it hard to see or move through.
Drivers pulled off the road when sheets of rain made the highway invisible.
滂沱大雨讓司機完全看不見高速公路，只好把車停到路邊。
collocation: sheets of rain + make + visibility issue
Sheets of rain hammered the farmhouse roof, keeping everyone awake.
滂沱大雨猛烈地敲打著農舍屋頂，讓所有人都睡不著。
The rescuers could not reach the village because of relentless sheets of rain.
因為連綿不斷的滂沱大雨，救援人員無法抵達那座村莊。
Omar could not see the street signs through the sheets of rain at dusk.
Omar 在黃昏時分完全看不見路標，因為眼前盡是滂沱大雨。
Sheets of rain flooded the market stalls within minutes of the storm arriving.
暴風雨來襲後不到幾分鐘，滂沱大雨就淹沒了市場攤位。
文法句型
sheets of + noun (rain, water)
用法筆記
Only used in the plural form 'sheets' preceded by a determiner ('the', 'of', 'in') — never 'a sheet of rain' for the same idiomatic effect.
常見錯誤
sheets — 名詞
1. a broad, thin, flat piece of a material such as cloth (used especially on a bed)
薄片；床單
扁平且薄的片狀物
a broad, thin, flat piece of a material such as cloth (used especially on a bed), paper, glass, metal, or a wide layer of something like ice or fire.
Mei-Lin changed the sheets on her bed every Sunday morning.
Mei-Lin 每個星期天早上都會更換床上的床單。
plural 'sheets' for bed linen
The artist spread a large sheet of paper across the table and began to draw.
那位藝術家在桌上攤開一大張紙，開始畫圖。
a sheet of + paper for a flat piece
A thin sheet of ice covered the schoolyard puddles after the cold night.
經過寒冷的夜晚，學校操場的水坑上結了一層薄冰。
The blacksmith hammered the red-hot metal into a flat, smooth sheet.
鐵匠把燒得通紅的金屬錘成一塊平坦光滑的薄片。
A sheet of flame shot up when the fuel tank exploded in the garage.
車庫裡的油箱爆炸時，一團烈焰猛地竄起。
文法句型
a sheet of + material (paper, glass, metal, ice)
sheets (bed linen)
用法筆記
When referring to bed linen, the plural 'sheets' is the usual form (a 'sheet' is one piece, but they are sold and used in pairs — a fitted sheet and a flat sheet). For other materials, use 'a sheet of [material]'.
常見錯誤
2. on a sailing vessel, a line fastened to the lower corner of a sail that lets sai
帆腳索
調整帆角度的船用繩索
on a sailing vessel, a line fastened to the lower corner of a sail that lets sailors adjust how much wind the sail catches, steering the boat.
The sailor pulled hard on the sheet to turn the sail towards the wind.
船員用力拉緊帆腳索，將帆轉向迎風方向。
nautical: pull on the sheet to control sail
During the storm one of the sheets snapped, and the sail started flapping wildly.
暴風雨中有一條帆腳索斷了，船帆開始瘋狂地拍打。
Niran pulled the starboard sheet tight to stop the sail from flapping.
Niran 拉緊了右舷的帆腳索，防止船帆不停拍打。
The captain shouted at the crew to secure the main sheet before the wind changed.
船長大聲命令船員在風向改變之前固定好主帆腳索。
Diya wrapped the sheet around the cleat so the sail would not move.
Diya 把帆腳索繞在羊角栓上，這樣船帆就不會移動。
文法句型
pull on the sheet
sheet + verb (controls, adjusts, snaps)
用法筆記
This is a specialised nautical term. Learners are unlikely to encounter it outside sailing contexts or literature about the sea. Distinguish from 'sail' (the fabric) — a 'sheet' is the line or rope that controls the sail.
sheets — 動詞
- sheetspresent simple I / you / we / they
- sheetses3rd person singular
- sheetsing-ing form
- sheetsedpast simple
1. when rain comes down in extremely large, forceful amounts that look like a conti
傾盆而下
形容雨勢極大如簾幕般落下
when rain comes down in extremely large, forceful amounts that look like a continuous wall or curtain of water.
It had been sheeting down all morning, so the school sports day was cancelled.
整個早上都大雨傾盆，學校的運動會因此取消了。
progressive: sheeting down for continuous rain
Rain sheeted against the windows of the café while the customers drank tea.
雨水如簾幕般打在咖啡館的窗戶上，顧客們則在裡面喝茶。
It was sheeting so hard that Brooke stayed in the office for lunch.
雨下得太大，Brooke 決定留在辦公室吃午餐，不出去買了。
Rain sheeted off the roof of the bus shelter, soaking everyone waiting below.
雨水如瀑布般從公車候車亭的屋頂傾洩而下，淋溼了底下等車的每一個人。
Rain had been sheeting for hours by the time Yasmin reached the station.
Yasmin 到達車站時，大雨已經傾盆而下好幾個小時了。
- pour
more common in everyday speech; 'pour' does not suggest the wall-like visual image that 'sheet' does
- bucket down
informal British idiom meaning the same thing but without the visual image
文法句型
it + is/was sheeting + adverb (down, against windows)
用法筆記
Almost always used in the continuous/progressive form ('it is sheeting down', 'rain was sheeting against the glass'). This sense is primarily British English and somewhat literary — in everyday speech most speakers say 'it's pouring'.
2. when a substance spreads out across a surface in a wide, even, flat mass — like
成片流動
以連續大片的方式流動蔓延
when a substance spreads out across a surface in a wide, even, flat mass — like liquid flowing across the ground or sand cascading down a slope.
Water sheeted across the windscreen, and Nadia could barely see the road ahead.
雨水成片地流過擋風玻璃，Nadia 幾乎看不見前方的路。
intransitive: sheet across/over a surface
Hot lava sheeted down the volcano slope, burning every tree in its path.
熾熱的熔岩成片地流下火山坡，燒毀了沿途的每一棵樹。
Grain sheeted out of the torn sack and spread across the barn floor.
穀物從破掉的麻袋成片地傾洩而出，灑滿了穀倉地板。
Water sheeted over the rocks in the river, making them dangerously slippery.
河水成片地漫過溪中的岩石，使得石頭變得非常濕滑危險。
Sand sheeted across the desert road, so Ramón stopped the jeep several times.
沙子成片地吹過沙漠公路，Ramón 只好多次停下吉普車。
文法句型
+ preposition (across, over, down) + place
用法筆記
This sense overlaps with sense 1 (rain), but applies more broadly to any substance — water, lava, sand, light — that moves in a wide, thin layer. It is less common than the rain-specific sense.
3. to cover something completely by wrapping or laying a flat material over it, lik
覆蓋
用扁平材料完全遮蓋
to cover something completely by wrapping or laying a flat material over it, like putting a protective sheet on furniture or a body.
Before the painters arrived, Vikram sheeted the furniture with heavy plastic covers.
油漆工到來之前，Vikram 用厚塑膠布把家具全部蓋住。
transitive: sheet furniture with plastic
The nurse gently sheeted the patient's body with a clean white cloth.
護士用乾淨的白布輕輕地蓋住病人的身體。
Abigail sheeted the antique mirror with a soft cloth before the renovation.
Abigail 在裝修開始前用軟布蓋住了那面古董鏡子。
The gardener sheeted the greenhouse with thick plastic for the winter.
園丁在冬天來臨前用厚塑膠布蓋住了溫室。
Bao sheeted the freshly painted floor with old newspaper to keep it clean.
Bao 用舊報紙蓋住剛漆好的地板，以免弄髒。
文法句型
sheet + object + with/in + material
用法筆記
Often used in the passive or with a 'with' phrase. This sense is less common in everyday speech — 'cover with a sheet' is more frequent than the verb 'sheet'.
4. to put clean sheets on a bed; to provide a bed with sheets.
鋪床單
在床上鋪設床單
to put clean sheets on a bed; to provide a bed with sheets.
The hotel staff sheet each bed with two layers of fresh cotton linen.
飯店工作人員在每張床上鋪了兩層新鮮的棉質床單。
transitive: sheet + bed + with + linen type
The housekeeper sheeted all twenty guest rooms before the tour group arrived.
管家在旅行團抵達之前，把二十間客房的床單都鋪好了。
Sofie sheets her bed with fresh linen every Thursday without fail.
Sofie 每週四一定會換上乾淨的床單。
Each cabin at the resort is sheeted with white cotton that smells of lavender.
度假村裡的每間小木屋都鋪著帶有薰衣草香味的白色棉質床單。
The summer worker learned how to sheet thirty beds in under an hour.
那位暑期工學會了如何在一個小時內鋪好三十張床。
- make the bed
more general — includes arranging blankets and pillows, not just putting on sheets
文法句型
sheet + a bed
sheet + bed + with + linen
用法筆記
This is a formal or specialised sense used mostly in hotel and hospitality contexts. In everyday English, speakers say 'make the bed' or 'put fresh sheets on the bed' instead.
5. to shape or press a raw material such as metal, glass, dough, or plastic into a
壓成薄片
將材料壓製成扁平薄層
to shape or press a raw material such as metal, glass, dough, or plastic into a flat, thin, even layer.
The factory sheets molten glass into perfect flat panels for windows.
這家工廠將熔融的玻璃壓成完美的平板，用來做窗戶。
technical: sheet glass into panels
The dough is sheeted into thin layers before being cut into noodles by the machine.
麵團被壓成薄片後，機器再將它切成麵條。
passive: be sheeted into layers
Eve watched the machine sheet the warm dough into flat circles for the bakery.
Eve 看著機器把溫熱的麵團壓成扁平的圓片，供烘焙坊使用。
This steel is sheeted into thin coils that car manufacturers use for body panels.
這種鋼材被壓成薄鋼卷，汽車製造商用它來生產車身鈑件。
The factory sheets recycled plastic into wide boards used for outdoor furniture.
這家工廠將回收塑膠壓製成寬板，用於戶外家具。
文法句型
sheet + material + into + form
be sheeted + into/onto
用法筆記
Primarily used in industrial and manufacturing contexts. The noun form 'sheeting' (as in 'plastic sheeting' or 'metal sheeting') is more common than the verb when referring to materials available in flat layers.