详细释义
- 纯粹的，纯
- 透明的
- 陡峭的，险峻的，峻峭的
- 全然的
- 极薄的
- 垂直的
- 十足的，绝对的，完全的，彻底的
- 没有搀杂的，不掺水的
- 真正的
- 干脆
- 地道的
- 卓越的
- 用来强调事物的大小、程度或数量
- 垂直地，笔直地
- 十足地，全然地，完全地，彻底地，绝对地
- 陡峭地，峻峭地
- 直接地
- 【海】（使）偏航
- （使）急转向，突然转向，急拐（避开某物）
- 避开，躲开，躲避
- （使）偏离，偏荡
- 转向
- 偏航，偏荡，偏离
- 【船】弦弧，脊弧
- 透明薄纱，透明薄织物，透明布料的衣服
- 【海】舷弧
- 以单锚系泊的船位，船只抛单锚时的位置
- 避开
- 弯曲进行
- 船体型线
- [A] 完全的,十足的 complete; thorough
- 陡峭的,垂直的 very steep; almost up and down
- 极薄的,轻的,透明的 thin, light and almost transparent
- vi. 避开; 突然转向 turn (as if) to avoid hitting sth; change direction quickly
英英释义
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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"
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not mixed with extraneous elements;
"plain water"
"sheer wine"
"not an unmixed blessing"
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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"
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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"
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straight up or down without a break
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directly;
"he fell sheer into the water"
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turn sharply; change direction abruptly;
"The car cut to the left at the intersection"
"The motorbike veered to the right"
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cause to sheer;
"She sheered her car around the obstacle"
双语例句
- 1. Talent, hard work and sheer tenacity are all crucial to career success.
- 事业要成功，才能、勤奋和顽强的意志都至关重要。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Some shoppers looked bewildered by the sheer variety of goods on offer.
- 光是摆在那里的各式商品就让一些购物者晕头转向了。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. The hills rise green and sheer above the broad river.
- 这些小山碧绿陡峭，矗立在这条宽阔的河流之上。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. By sheer fluke, one of the shipowner's employees was in the city.
- 非常凑巧的是，船主的一个雇员正在城里。
来自柯林斯例句
- Chiffon is a fabric of sheer silk or rayon.
薄绸是一种极薄的丝绸或人造丝织物。 - It's very difficult to climb a sheer cliff.
攀登陡峭的悬崖是很困难的。 - She played a trick on him out of sheer devilment.
她捉弄他完全是为了寻开心。 - He's so impatient that waiting in queues is sheer purgatory for him.
他毫无耐性，对他来说排队等候完全是活受罪。 - I met her by sheer chance.
我完全出于偶然遇见了她。 - It's a sheer waste of time.
这纯粹是浪费时间。 - The ground dropped away sheer at our feet.
我们脚下的地面垂直地陷落下去。 - When he saw me coming he sheered off in the opposite direction.
他一看到我过来，掉头就走了。 - You should sheer off the urchin.
你应该躲避这顽童。 - Nobody can sheer off from the issue.
没有谁能回避了这个问题。 - She tends to sheer away from any discussion of her divorce.
一谈到她离婚的事她就尽量转换话题。
- He achieved his aim by sheer strength of will.
他纯粹靠意志力达到了目的。 - It's a sheer cliff there.
那边有一座悬崖。 - The waterfall makes a sheer drop of one thousand feet.
瀑布从1000英尺的高处直泻而下。 - 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。 - 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。
用法讲解
- sheer的意思是指船(只尤指遇到紧急情况时)驶离原航向,引申则指突然或明显离开所遵循的路线,可指改变话题。
- sheer是不及物动词,常跟副词away, off连用。
- steep，abrupt，sheer
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- 这些形容词均含“陡峭的，险峻的”之意。
- steep指坡度向上逐渐增加的斜陡坡，强调险峻，暗示难于攀登。
- abrupt着重指地形突然起伏，形成尖角状。
- sheer指自始至终近于垂直的陡峭，不仅仅很难爬上去，甚至于不可能攀登。
- sheer away (v.+adv.)
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突然转向，急转change direction suddenly
sheer awayThe boat came close to the rocks and then sheered away.
船靠近岩石时突然掉转航向。
She tends to sheer away from any discussion of her divorce.
一谈到离婚,她就转变话题。
- sheer off (v.+adv.)
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躲开,避开 go away; leave in a different direction; take avoiding action
sheer offThe speed-boat seemed to be heading straight towards some swimmers but sheered off at the last moment.
那快艇眼看驶向一些游泳的人,但最后一刻它改变了航向。
The boat was able to sheer off in time to avoid an accident.
那船及时地躲开,避免了一场事故。
When he saw me coming he sheered off in the opposite direction.
他一看到我过来,掉头就走了。
I saw her in the High Street, but she sheered off so as not to meet me!
我在大街上看见了她,但她故意避开我。
Every time that delicate subject was mentioned, he would sheer off from it.
每当提到那个微妙的题目时,他都要避开。
sheer sb/sth ⇔ offYou should sheer off the urchin.
你应该躲避这顽童。
- sheer cliff〔rock〕 陡峭的悬崖〔岩石〕
- sheer waste of time 纯粹浪费时间
- sheer chance 偶然
- sheer nonsense 一派胡言
- sheer nylon 薄而透明的尼龙
