| 单词 | sheer |
| 释义 | Related topics: Material & textilessheer1 /ʃɪə $ ʃɪr/ ●●○ adjective 1 the sheer weight/size etc EMPHASIZEused to emphasize that something is very heavy, large etc 〔某物〕之重/之大等〔用于强调〕the sheer weight/size etc of The sheer size of the country makes communications difficult. 该国幅员辽阔，造成了通信的困难。2 sheer luck/happiness/stupidity etc VERYluck, happiness etc with no other feeling or quality mixed with it 纯粹的运气/快乐/愚蠢等 SYN pure 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。 sheer hypocrisy 十足的虚伪3. VERTICALa sheer drop, cliff, slope etc is very steep and almost vertical 〔悬崖、斜坡等〕陡峭的，近乎垂直的4 TIMSEEsheer nylon, silk etc is very thin and fine, so that it is almost transparent 〔尼龙、丝绸等〕很薄的，几乎透明的 sheer stockings 透明的女式长筒袜Examples from the Corpussheer• For sheer cleverness she could run rings around them all.• Teetering on the sheer cliff, Tallis peered down at the river.• The coastguard duties included patrolling paths at the top of high and sheer cliffs - not a job for the faint-hearted.• The coastguard patrols paths at the top of high and sheer cliffs.• sheer curtains• Tennis courts lit pointlessly except to inform the driver of the sheer dimension of the leisure complex burst into life.• I stood at the edge of the old chalk quarry, with a sheer drop of ten or twenty metres below me.• What he lacked in aesthetic grace Bob Willis made up in speed, determination and sheer guts.• For the rest of the programme was sheer hagiography.• Immense and sheer, the mountains emerge from a fog of silk.sheer2 adverb VERTICALstraight up or down in an almost vertical line 陡峭地，近乎垂直地 SYN steeply cliffs which rose sheer from the sea 从海面垂直拔起的悬崖Examples from the Corpussheer• On their left it sloped gently away and on the right it fell sheer, in steep crags.sheer3 verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to change direction suddenly, especially in order to avoid something 突然转向〔尤指为了避开某物〕 SYN swervesheer off/away The boat sheered away and headed out to sea. 这艘小船突然转向朝大海驶去。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpussheer• Rimmed by a waist-high balustrade, the garden sheers down some twenty feet.• I checked the needles more thoroughly and discovered that the very tip of the latch of a needle was sheered off.• Finally on the fourth day one of the anchor ropes sheered through and we lost that anchor to the gale.sheer off/away• I checked the needles more thoroughly and discovered that the very tip of the latch of a needle was sheered off.Origin sheer (1500-1600) Probably from Old Norse skærr “pure”sheer1 adjectivesheer2 adverbsheer3 verbChinese is something used emphasize Corpus to that very |
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