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sheathe 音标拼音: [ʃ'ið] vt. 插入鞘,覆盖 插入鞘,覆盖 sheathe v 1: cover with a protective sheathing; " sheathe her face" 2: enclose with a sheath; " sheathe a sword" [ ant: { unsheathe}] 3: plunge or bury ( a knife or sword) in fleshSheathe \ Sheathe\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Sheathed}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Sheating}.] [ Written also sheath.] 1. To put into a sheath, case, or scabbard; to inclose or cover with, or as with, a sheath or case. [ 1913 Webster] The leopard . . . keeps the claws of his fore feet turned up from the ground, and sheathed in the skin of his toes. -- Grew. [ 1913 Webster] ' T is in my breast she sheathes her dagger now. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To fit or furnish, as with a sheath. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To case or cover with something which protects, as thin boards, sheets of metal, and the like; as, to sheathe a ship with copper. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To obtund or blunt, as acrimonious substances, or sharp particles. [ R.] -- Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster] { To sheathe the sword}, to make peace. [ 1913 Webster] 73 Moby Thesaurus words for " sheathe": apparel, array, attire, bedeck, bedrape, board, box, brick, bundle up, case, clad, clapboard, clothe, cover, crate, deck, dight, drape, dress, dud, embox, embrace, encapsulate, encase, enclothe, endue, enfold, enrobe, enshroud, envelop, enwrap, face, garb, garment, glass, glaze, habilitate, invest, jacket, lap, lath, muffle up, pack, package, panel, paper, plank, rag out, raiment, revet, robe, shake, shingle, shroud, side, skin, slate, smother, stone, surround, swaddle, swathe, thatch, tile, tire, veneer, wall in, wall up, wallpaper, weatherboard, wrap, wrap about, wrap up
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