a bundle of grain stalks laid lengthways and tied together after reaping (禾)捆;束 ■a bundle of objects of one kind, especially papers 一札(尤指文件) he waved a sheaf of papers in the air. 他在空中挥舞着一札文件。
verb
[with obj.]bundle into sheaves 捆扎
语源
Old English scēaf, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schoof 'sheaf' and German Schaub 'wisp of straw', also to the verb shove