sheer
sheer
英[ʃɪə(r)]美[ʃɪr]
adv.完全地，全然，垂直地，陡峭地；
adj.完全的，全然的，极薄的，陡峭的，绝对的；
比较级：sheerer;
*高级：sheerest;
例句
houses clinging precariously to sheer cliffs附在峭壁上摇摇欲坠的房子
That decision was sheer stupidity.那个决定是十分愚蠢的。
The sheer volume of fiction produced is staggering.完成的小说数量之巨令人吃惊。
His speedy promotion is from sheer ability.他全凭才干而被迅速提拔。
They are impressed by the sheer professionalism of the performance.他们赞佩表演炉火纯青。
The mountain rises sheer from the plain.这座山几乎是从草原上拔地而起。
That dress is too sheer to wear without a slip.那条连衣裙太透明了, 没有衬裙不能穿。
She wears a pair of sheer stockings.她穿着一双透明的丝袜。
The mountain was too sheer to climb.这山太陡峭了, 无法攀登。
The waterfall makes a sheer drop of one thousand feet.瀑布从一千英尺的高处直泻而下。
英语六级真题
Its sheer rock sides sweep up from a broad base until they cut off abruptly at the flat summit.
出自-2016年12月听力原文What do you actually do and how do you prepare for your job?If sheer numbers provide any proof, Americans’ universities are the envy of the world.
出自-2015年12月听力原文柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
ADJ
(用于强调)纯粹的，完全的，十足的
You can use sheer to emphasize that a state or situation is complete and does not involve or is not mixed with anything else.
例句
His music is sheer delight...听他的音乐完全是一种享受。Sheer chance quite often plays an important part in sparking off an idea.灵感的激发通常纯粹是靠运气。ADJ-GRADED
陡峭的;垂直的
A sheer cliff or drop is extremely steep or completely vertical.
例句
There was a sheer drop just outside my window...陡坡就在我窗户外面。A young man plunged from a sheer rock face to his death.一名男青年从陡峭的岩壁上坠崖身亡。ADJ-GRADED
极薄的;极轻的;精致的
Sheer material is very thin, light, and delicate.
例句
...sheer black tights.极薄的黑色紧身裤英汉词典释义
adj.
完全的; 十足的
He achieved his aim by sheer strength of will.他纯粹靠意志力达到了目的。陡峭的; 垂直的
The waterfall makes a sheer drop of one thousand feet.瀑布从一千英尺的高处直泻而下。The mountain was too sheer to climb.这山太陡峭了, 无法攀登。极薄的, 轻的, 透明的
She wears a pair of sheer stockings.她穿着一双透明的丝袜。That dress is too sheer to wear without a slip.那条连衣裙太透明了, 没有衬裙不能穿。（用来强调事物的大小、程度或数量）
adv.
垂直地, 陡峭地
The mountain rises sheer from the plain.这座山几乎是从草原上拔地而起。vi.
避开, 突然转向
The boat came close to the rocks and then sheered away.船靠近岩石时突然掉转航向。I saw her in the High Street, but she sheered off so as not to meet me.我在大街上看见她, 但她故意避开我。英英词典释义
Verb
1. turn sharply; change direction abruptly;
"The car cut to the left at the intersection""The motorbike veered to the right"2. cause to sheer;
"She sheered her car around the obstacle"Adjective
1. complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers;
"absolute freedom""an absolute dimwit""a downright lie""out-and-out mayhem""an out-and-out lie""a rank outsider""many right-down vices""got the job through sheer persistence""sheer stupidity"2. not mixed with extraneous elements;
"plain water""sheer wine""not an unmixed blessing"3. very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front;
"a bluff headland""where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise""a sheer descent of rock"4. so thin as to transmit light;
"a hat with a diaphanous veil""filmy wings of a moth""gauzy clouds of dandelion down""gossamer cobwebs""sheer silk stockings""transparent chiffon""vaporous silks"Adverb
1. straight up or down without a break
2. directly;
"he fell sheer into the water"行业词典
体育： 超出航线；偏航；弦弧；
航海科技： 舷弧；
船舶： 舷弧；甲板边线在中纵剖面上投影的纵向曲度。 其值以各站处甲板边线与型深的高度差表示。；
