Sheath

(noun.) a protective covering (as for a knife or sword).

(noun.) an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part.

手打:劳里

• He was isolated as if there were a vacuum round his heart, or a sheath of pure ice. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• He removed his hunting knife from its sheath and handed it to her hilt first, again motioning her into the bower. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• He had not time to get it from the sheath before I had the harpoon through him. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• He has an English frame, but, apparently, not an English mind--you would say, an Italian stiletto in a sheath of British workmanship. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• A sheath-knife, still in its sheath. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• The knife with its sheath and belt caught his eye; he appropriated them. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.

手打:丽塔