sheer的中文翻译是什么意思

sheer

US/ʃɪr/
UK/ʃɪə(r)/

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

sheer柯林斯释义

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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • ...sheer black tights.

    极薄的黑色紧身裤

sheer英文释义

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

    sheer同义词辨析

    steep, abrupt, sheer

    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场景例句

    Out of sheer boredom I would pick up a book and read on and on.

    在百无聊赖中,随手抓过一本书来,读下去.

    She managed to stop smoking by sheer willpower.

    她全靠意志力戒了烟.

    It is sheer madness to do it.

    做这种事实在愚不可及.

    The waterfall makes a sheer drop of one thousand feet.

    瀑布从一千英尺的高处直泻而下.

    At the end of the film, the man becomes a thief out of sheer desperation.

    在电影的结尾, 这个人由于彻底绝望而成了小偷.

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    sheer词性变形

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