形容词

1. It's very difficult to climb a sheer cliff.
攀登陡峭的悬崖是很困难的。

2. She fainted from sheer weariness.
她纯粹是因为劳累而晕倒的。

3. She wore a sheer white dress.
她穿一件白色薄纱洋装。

副词

1. The rock rises sheer from the water.
崖石矗立水面。

不及物动词

1. You should sheer off the wicked urchin.
你应该躲开这个淘气包儿。

1. 完全的,纯粹的：feeble 脆弱的,易受伤害的 | sheer 完全的,纯粹的 | shear 剪(羊毛)

2. 舷弧：shear curve 剪力曲线 | sheer 舷弧 | sheer aft 艉舷弧

3. 完全的：in terms of在......方面 | sheer完全的 | trivial 琐碎的

4. 全然的：sheer off 避开 | sheer 全然的 | sheerlegs 起重机柱

1. (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.

e.g. His music is sheer delight...
听他的音乐完全是一种享受。
e.g. 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。

2. 陡峭的;垂直的
A sheer cliff or drop is extremely steep or completely vertical.

e.g. There was a sheer drop just outside my window...
陡坡就在我窗户外面。
e.g. 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. 极薄的;极轻的;精致的
Sheer material is very thin, light, and delicate.

e.g. ...sheer black tights.
极薄的黑色紧身裤

verb

1. cause to sheer

e.g. She sheered her car around the obstacle

2. turn sharply
change direction abruptly

e.g. The car cut to the left at the intersection
The motorbike veered to the right

Synonym: swervecurvetrendveerslueslewcut