a sheaf of [plural noun]
常指纸张或类似薄片物的一叠。
He carried a sheaf of papers under his arm.
他腋下夹着一叠文件。
一束箭；满箭筒的箭（通常二十四支）；层（数学）；滑轮；槽轮；(谷物)捆；束
A bundle of grain stalks or straw tied together; any collection of things bound together.
(谷物)捆；束
A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.
Any collection of things bound together.
A bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer.
A quantity of arrows, usually twenty-four.
A sheave.
An abstract construct in topology that associates data to the open sets of a topological space (i.e. a presheaf) in such a way so as to make the local and global data compatible, generalizing the situation of functions, fiber bundles, manifold structure, etc. on a topological space. Formally, a presheaf F whose sections are, in a technical sense, uniquely determined by their restrictions onto smaller sets: that is, given an open cover U_i of U:
The farmer tied the wheat into a sheaf and stacked it in the barn.
农夫把小麦捆成一束，堆放在谷仓里。
用法提示：sheaf作为名词，表示一捆（如谷物）
She gathered a sheaf of papers from the printer and sorted them by date.
她从打印机里取出一叠纸，按日期整理好。
用法提示：sheaf作为名词，表示一叠（如纸张）
During the harvest, the workers collected the sheaves and loaded them onto the truck.
收获期间，工人们把一捆捆庄稼收集起来装上车。
用法提示：sheaves是sheaf的复数形式，表示多捆
常指纸张或类似薄片物的一叠。
He carried a sheaf of papers under his arm.
他腋下夹着一叠文件。
常指谷物或草等作物。
Farmers stacked sheaves of wheat in the field.
农民们把一捆捆小麦堆在田里。
用于描述捆绑成束的状态。
The grain was tied in sheaves for drying.
谷物被捆成一捆捆以便晾晒。
最通用的词，指任何被绑在一起的东西，可用于谷物、纸张、树枝等；在多数语境下可替换 sheaf。
较口语化，常指花、钥匙、香蕉等自然聚成一束的小件物品；用于谷物时不如 bundle 正式。
指体积大、压实并捆扎成整齐的大包，常见于干草、棉花等商品，与 sheaf 的大小和松紧程度不同。
多指扁平的小包或信封类包装，常用于纸张、信件等；比 sheaf 小，含义更偏包装而非传统捆绑。
grammar · medium
易错句子There are four sheafs of wheat.
正确表达There are four sheaves of wheat.
sheaf 的复数形式是不规则变化，变 f 为 ves，而非直接加 s。
grammar · medium
易错句子A sheaf of papers are on the table.
正确表达A sheaf of papers is on the table.
主语 'a sheaf' 是单数，尽管后面有 'of papers'，谓语动词应用单数形式 is。
sheaf指一捆（如谷物或纸张），而sheath指刀剑的鞘或保护套，两者拼写相似但意义不同。
sheaf指捆扎之物，sheave是滑轮或滑车，拼写相似但意义完全不同。
一沓文件
He handed me a sheaf of papers.
他递给我一沓文件。
一捆小麦
The farmer carried a sheaf of wheat.
农民扛着一捆小麦。
把……捆成捆
Workers bound the cut grain into sheaves.
工人们把割下的谷物捆成捆。
一束箭
The archer had a sheaf of arrows at his side.
弓箭手身边有一束箭。
一叠笔记
She pulled a sheaf of notes from her bag.
她从包里拿出一叠笔记。
一捆谷物
Each sheaf of grain was left to dry.
每捆谷物都放着晾干。
sheaf 常指收割后捆扎起来的谷物束，与收获时节相关。
sheaf 常用来捆扎小麦等谷物的茎和穗。
谷物在田野中生长，收割后可以在田间扎成 sheaf。
sheaf 也有‘一束箭’的含义，因此与箭有关。
sheaf 可指装满箭筒的箭束，与箭筒搭配使用。
看哪，我们在田里捆禾稼，我的捆起来站着，你们的捆来围着我的捆下拜。
In the biblical story of Joseph, this dream about sheaves of grain symbolizes his future rule over his brothers.
在约瑟的圣经故事中，这个关于禾捆的梦象征他将来要统治他的兄弟们。
把禾捆带来，把禾捆带来，我们将欢喜而来，把禾捆带来。
This line is from the classic gospel hymn 'Bringing in the Sheaves', which uses the harvest as a metaphor for doing good deeds and winning souls.
这句歌词出自经典福音歌曲《Bringing in the Sheaves》，用收割庄稼来比喻行善和赢得灵魂。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, OCTANOVE, WIKTIONARY.