"This sword of swords is my reward. For him who knows to wield a sword, And with his sword to serve his lord, Yet wants a sword, his lot is hard. I would I had my good lord's leave For this good sword a sheath to choose: I'm worth three swords when men use, But for the sword-sheath now I grieve."英文原著 · 《Heimskringla》
'Out sword from the sheath,' cried the prince, springing back with a cry. And the sword leapt from the scabbard and cut off some of the monster's heads, but others grew again directly, so that the prince, pale with terror, stood where he was, calling for help, and put his sword back in the sheath again.英文原著 · 《The Crimson Fairy Book》
It was a long sword, with a handle of carved ivory, and a sheath with curious designs on it. The Father bowed to the sword. "You bow to the sword also, my son," he said to Taro. "It is wonderfully made. It commands respect." Taro bowed to the sword. Then his Father drew the long blade from the sheath. He turned the edge carefully toward himself, and away from the Twins. "I want you to see this sword, Taro," he said, "for some time it will be yours, because you are my oldest son." "Whose was it?" asked Taro.英文原著 · 《The Japanese Twins》
[1] I never saw Ling Look's work, but I know that some of the sword swallowers have made use of a sheath which was swallowed before the performance, and the swords were simply pushed into it. A sheath of this kind lined with asbestos might easily have served as a protection against the red-hot blade.英文原著 · 《The Miracle Mongers》
The Queen spoke compassionately, and Dwaymenau, still with veiled eyes, was gone without fare well. The empty sheath lay on the seat - a symbol of the sharp-edged hate that had passed out of her life. She touched the sheath to her lips and, smiling, laid it away.英文原著 · 《The Ninth Vibration》
Y-You know how it is once a Scotsman's drawn his dirk-- he can't return that blade to the sheath until it's tasted an Englishman's blood?美剧 · 《Billions》
You combined the two things that kids love the most- combs and sheaths.美剧 · 《Modern Family》
Here it is in my incredibly convenient beaded comb sheath... that I made at Luke's awesome birthday party.美剧 · 《Modern Family》