| 中文翻译与英英解释|  | adj. 1.纯粹的;十足的;全然的;没有搀杂的;不搀水的;绝对的;真正的。
 2.透明的;(纱等)极薄的。
 3.险峻的;陡峭的;垂直的。
 短语和例子
 a sheer impossibility 绝对不可能。 sheer silk 薄绸。 sheer nonsense 胡说八道;完全瞎扯。 by the sheer force of one's will 全靠意志力。
 adv.
 完全;绝对。
 1.十足;全然;彻底。
 2.垂直地;峻峭地;笔直地。
 短语和例子
 torn sheer out by the root 连根拔除。 The rock rises sheer from the water. 岩石笔直地从水面矗立起来。 fall 300 feet sheer 垂直坠落[低落]三百英尺。
 n.
 透明薄纱,透明布料的衣服。
 n.
 1.【航海】舷弧。
 2.以单锚系泊的船位。
 3.偏航;偏荡;转向;避开;弯曲进行。
 短语和例子
 break sheer 抛单锚时船位移动而使锚链绕结。 have little [a straight] sheer 甲板弧度不大。
 vi.,vt.
 【航海】(使)偏航;(使)偏荡;避开;(使)转向。 sheer off 【航海】离开;躲开。
 
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 |  | directly; "he fell sheer into the water" 
 
 |  |  | straight up or down without a break 同义词:perpendicularly, perpendicularly,
 
 
 |  |  | directly; "he fell sheer into the water" 
 
 |  |  | straight up or down without a break 同义词:perpendicularly, perpendicularly,
 
 
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 |  | 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" 同义词:absolute, downright, out-and-out, rank, right-down,
 
 
 |  |  | 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" 同义词:bluff, bold,
 
 
 |  |  | not mixed with extraneous elements; "plain water"; "sheer wine"; "not an unmixed blessing" 同义词:plain, unmingled, unmixed,
 
 
 |  |  | 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" 同义词:diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby,
 
 
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 |  | cause to sheer; "She sheered her car around the obstacle" 
 
 |  |  | turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right" 同义词:swerve, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut,
 
 
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 例句与用法|  | 1. | What you're doing here is sheer lunacy . 你们在这做的事,干脆就是发疯。
 
 
 |  |  | 2. | The sheer number of banks was overwhelming . 银行的数量也太多了。
 
 
 |  |  | 3. | All his religion was sheer hypocrisy . 他的宗教信仰纯粹是虚假的。
 
 
 |  |  | 4. | To ask such prices is sheer robbery . 要这样的价钱简直是明火执仗的抢劫。
 
 
 |  |  | 5. | Birdsong's original idea was sheer genius . 伯德桑出了个绝顶聪明的主意。
 
 
 |  |  | 6. | The rock rises sheer from the water . 岩石笔直地从水面矗立起来。
 
 
 |  |  | 7. | The last book he wrote was sheer muck . 他写的最后一本书全是无价值的东西。
 
 
 |  |  | 8. | The boy cannot be hungry ; it is sheer greedy . 这孩子不是肚子饿,就是馋嘴。
 
 
 |  |  | 9. | He carried off the palm by sheer perseverance . 他全靠不屈不挠的精神获得胜利。
 
 
 |  |  | 10. | I am in sheer ignorance of the matter . 我对此事全然无知。
 
 
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