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词汇 sheathe
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sheathe v.

c. 1400, shethen, "furnish (a sword, etc.) with a sheath" (a sense now obsolete), from sheath (q.v.), or from Old English *sceaþian (implied in unsceaþian). The meaning "put (a sword, etc.) in a sheath" is attested from early 15c. The general sense of "cover over, encase" is by 1630s. Related: Sheathed; sheathing.

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