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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&39;s so impatient that waiting in queues is sheer purgatory for him.

(5) I met her by sheer chance.

(6) It&39;s sheer. This can also mean something steep, like a cliff, or anything extreme, like sheer nerve.

This word has several meanings, but they&39;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

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