| 单词 | sheathing |
| 释义 | sheathing (once / 11577 pages) n WORD FAMILY sheathing: sheathings+/sheathe: sheathed, sheathes, sheathing, unsheathe/unsheathe: unsheathed, unsheathes, unsheathing USAGE EXAMPLESA: Wrapping electrical tape around the wound is a common way to mend a cable whose sheathing is intact but compromised. Wall Street Journal(Nov 23, 2016) Exterior work will include replacing rotten wood and repairing the plaster sheathing on brick walls. Washington Times(Nov 13, 2016) Father and son plucked dried corn kernels from their brown sheathing, tossing unusable white kernels to a starving pig that survived the storm. New York Times(Oct 17, 2016) n protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior Syn|Hyper overlay, overlayer protection, protective cover, protective covering a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury |
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