sheer的意思

基本释义

• adj 绝对的；透明的；峻峭的；纯粹的

  luck, happiness etc with no other feeling or quality mixed with it

• adv 完全；陡峭地

  straight up or down in an almost vertical line

• v 偏航
• n 偏航；透明薄织物

例句

1. I’ll never forget the look of sheer joy on her face.

   我永远也不会忘记她满脸喜悦的神情。

2. sheer hypocrisy

   十足的虚伪

3. He achieved his aim by sheer strength of will.

   他纯粹靠意志力达到了目的。

4. It's a sheer cliff there.

   那边有一座悬崖。

5. The waterfall makes a sheer drop of one thousand feet.

   瀑布从1000英尺的高处直泻而下。

6. She wears a pair of sheer stockings.

   她穿着一双透明的丝袜。

短语

• sheer nonsense 一派胡言
• sheer away

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英英释义

verb 1. cause to sheer e.g. She sheered her car around the obstacle 2. turn sharply change direction abruptly e.g. The car cut to the left at the intersection The motorbike veered to the right Synonym: swerve, curve, trend, veer adj 1. very steep having a prominent and almost vertical front e.g. a bluff headland where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise a sheer descent of rock Synonym: bluffbold 2. not mixed with extraneous elements e.g. plain water sheer wine not an unmixed blessing Synonym: plainunmingledunmixed 3. so thin as to transmit light e.g. 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 Synonym: diaphanousfilmygauzygauze-likegossamersee-throughtransparentvaporousvapourouscobwebby adv 1. directly e.g. he fell sheer into the water 2. straight up or down without a break Synonym: perpendicularly

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