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sheaf;sheave的复数形

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sheaf \Sheaf\, n.; pl. {Sheaves}. [OE. sheef, shef, schef, AS.
   sce['a]f; akin to D. schoof, OHG. scoub, G. schaub, Icel.
   skauf a fox's brush, and E. shove. See {Shove}.]
   1. A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other
      grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.

            The reaper fills his greedy hands, And binds the
            golden sheaves in brittle bands.      --Dryden.

   2. Any collection of things bound together; a bundle;
      specifically, a bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a
      quiver, or the allowance of each archer, -- usually
      twenty-four.

            The sheaf of arrows shook and rattled in the case.
                                                  --Dryden.

资料来源 : WordNet®

sheaf
     n : a package of several things tied together for carrying or
         storing [syn: {bundle}]
     [also: {sheaves} (pl)]

sheaves
     See {sheaf}