每日一词 sheer

sheer

英 [ʃɪə(r)] 美 [ʃɪr]

adj.极轻薄的；陡峭的；全然的 adv.垂直地 v.避开；转向

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◉常用例句

(1) Chiffon is a fabric of sheer silk or rayon.

(2) It's very difficult to climb a sheer cliff.

(3) She played a trick on him out of sheer devilment.

(4) He's so impatient that waiting in queues is sheer purgatory for him.

(5) I met her by sheer chance.

(6) It's a sheer waste of time.

(7) The ground dropped away sheer at our feet.

(8) When he saw me coming he sheered off in the opposite direction.

(9) Nobody can sheer off from the issue.

(10) She tends to sheer away from any discussion of her divorce.

(1) 薄绸是一种极薄的丝绸或人造丝织物。

(2) 攀登陡峭的悬崖是很困难的。

(3) 她捉弄他完全是为了寻开心。

(4) 他毫无耐性，对他来说排队等候完全是活受罪。

(5) 我完全出于偶然遇见了她。

(6) 这纯粹是浪费时间。

(7) 我们脚下的地面垂直地陷落下去。

(8) 他一看到我过来，掉头就走了。

(9) 没有谁能回避了这个问题。

(10) 一谈到她离婚的事她就尽量转换话题。

◉Usage notes

If people can see through your shirt, it's sheer. This can also mean something steep, like a cliff, or anything extreme, like sheer nerve.

This word has several meanings, but they're all extreme. A sheer (see-through) shirt is an extreme way to dress — climbing a sheer cliff is almost impossible. If your car sheers, it swerves sharply, and you might crash. Maybe you've met all these meanings in a single nightmare: When the sheer cloth blew over your face as you drove, you lost control and the car began to sheer, filling you with sheer terror as you went over the sheer cliff.

◉柯林斯词典

1. [ADJ 形容词](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. [ADJ n][emphasis]

① His music is sheer delight...

听他的音乐完全是一种享受。

② 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。

③ ...acts of sheer desperation.

彻底绝望的行为

2. [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]陡峭的；垂直的 A sheer cliff or drop is extremely steep or completely vertical. [usu ADJ n]

① There was a sheer drop just outside my window...

陡坡就在我窗户外面。

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。

3. [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]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