Sheathe



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.将 ( 刀, 剑等) 插入鞘
• ［英］ n.将 ( 刀, 剑等) 插入鞘 ( insert into or provide with a sheath)
• ［例］ He sheathed his dagger.

Webster Collegiate

also sheath transitive verb (sheathed; sheathing)

• Etymology: Middle English shethen, from shethe sheath
• Date: 15th century
• 1. to put into or furnish with a sheath
• 2. to plunge or bury (as a sword) in flesh
• 3. to withdraw (a claw) into a sheath
• 4. to case or cover with something (as sheets of metal) that protects
• ? sheather noun

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