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sheer

英[ʃɪə(r)] 美[ʃɪr]

第三人称单数：sheers;

过去式：sheered;

过去分词：sheered;

现在分词：sheering;

比较级：sheerer;

最高级：sheerest;

例句

同义词解析

以下这些形容词均包含 "陡峭的，险峻的" 的意思
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。

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英汉词典释义

adj.
完全的; 十足的
He achieved his aim by sheer strength of will. 他纯粹靠意志力达到了目的。
陡峭的; 垂直的
The waterfall makes a sheer drop of one thousand feet. 瀑布从一千英尺的高处直泻而下。 The mountain was too sheer to climb. 这山太陡峭了, 无法攀登。
极薄的, 轻的, 透明的
She wears a pair of sheer stockings. 她穿着一双透明的丝袜。 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。
adv.
垂直地, 陡峭地
The mountain rises sheer from the plain. 这座山几乎是从草原上拔地而起。
vi.
避开, 突然转向
The boat came close to the rocks and then sheered away. 船靠近岩石时突然掉转航向。 I saw her in the High Street, but she sheered off so as not to meet me. 我在大街上看见她, 但她故意避开我。

英英词典释义

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"

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