sheer
英式音标：sheer怎么读
美式音标：sheer怎么读
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近义词： plain,translucent,transparent,thin,diaphanous,simple,pure
sheer词义
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adj. 绝对的；透明的；峻峭的；纯粹的adv. 完全；陡峭地vi. 偏航vt. 使偏航；使急转向n. 偏航；透明薄织物
词态变化
比较级: sheerer;最高级: sheerest;
中文词源
sheer 纯粹的，十足的，陡峭的，垂直的
来自古英语 scir,明亮的，发光的，闪耀的，来自 Proto-Germanic*skiriz,纯的，纯粹的，清晰 的，来自 PIE*skai,发光，闪耀，词源同 shine,sheen.现词义可能来自不同词源，并最终来自 PIE*sker,剪，切，砍，劈，词源同 shear,sharp.引申词义陡峭的，垂直的等。
sheer双语例句
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- 1. Talent, hard work and sheer tenacity are all crucial to career success.
- 事业要成功，才能、勤奋和顽强的意志都至关重要。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Some shoppers looked bewildered by the sheer variety of goods on offer.
- 光是摆在那里的各式商品就让一些购物者晕头转向了。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. The hills rise green and sheer above the broad river.
- 这些小山碧绿陡峭，矗立在这条宽阔的河流之上。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. By sheer fluke, one of the shipowner's employees was in the city.
- 非常凑巧的是，船主的一个雇员正在城里。
来自柯林斯例句
sheer英文词源
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- sheer
- sheer: see shear
- sheer (adj.)
- c. 1200, "exempt, free from guilt" (as in Sheer Thursday, the Thursday of Holy Week); later schiere "thin, sparse" (c. 1400), from Old English scir "bright, clear, gleaming; translucent; pure, unmixed," and influenced by Old Norse cognate scær "bright, clean, pure," both from Proto-Germanic *skeran- (cognates: Old Saxon skiri, Old Frisian skire, German schier, Gothic skeirs "clean, pure"), from PIE root *(s)ker- (1) "to cut" (see shear (v.)).
Sense of "absolute, utter" (sheer nonsense) developed 1580s, probably from the notion of "unmixed;" that of "very steep" (a sheer cliff) is first recorded 1800, probably from notion of "continued without halting." Meaning "diaphanous" is from 1560s. As an adverb from c. 1600. - sheer (v.)
- 1620s, "deviate from course" (of a ship), of obscure origin, perhaps from Dutch scheren "to move aside, withdraw, depart," originally "to separate" (see shear (v.)). Related: Sheered; shearing. As a noun from 1660s.
sheer实用场景例句
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- The area is under threat from the sheer number of tourists using it.
- 这一地区由于游客人数太多而面临威胁。
牛津词典
- We were impressed by the sheer size of the cathedral.
- 大教堂的宏大规模给我们留下了深刻的印象。
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- The concert was sheer delight.
- 这场音乐会是一次十足的享受。
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- I only agreed out of sheer desperation.
- 我一时情急才同意的。
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- sheer cliffs/slopes
- 悬崖峭壁；陡坡
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- Outside there was a sheer drop down to the sea below.
- 外面是一道陡坡，直插大海。
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- sheer nylon
- 透明尼龙
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- The cliffs rise sheer from the beach.
- 悬崖从海滩上拔地而起。
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- The ground dropped sheer away at our feet.
- 在我们脚下，地势陡降。
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- (figurative)Her mind sheered away from images she did not wish to dwell on.
- 她有意不去想那些她不愿多想的事情。
牛津词典
- His music is sheer delight...
- 听他的音乐完全是一种享受。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- There was a sheer drop just outside my window...
- 陡坡就在我窗户外面。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...sheer black tights.
- 极薄的黑色紧身裤
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The People's Liberation Army, so long outnumbered , has gained numerical superiority.
- 人民解放军在数量上由长期的劣势转入了优势.
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- 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.
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- She managed to stop smoking by sheer willpower.
- 她全靠意志力戒了烟.
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- It is sheer madness to do it.
- 做这种事实在愚不可及.
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- The waterfall makes a sheer drop of one thousand feet.
- 瀑布从一千英尺的高处直泻而下.
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- 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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- It would be downright [ sheer ] madness to do such a thing.
- 做这种事纯粹是 发疯.
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- It's sheer paradise to relax in a hot bath after a hard day's work.
- 一天的辛苦工作之后在热水浴缸中松弛一下真是最大的享受.
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- I am in sheer ignorance of the matter.
- 我对此事全然无知.
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- It's difficult to grasp the sheer enormity of the tragedy.
- 很难确切知道这场悲剧的严重程度.
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- By sheer persistence, I eventually got her to change her mind.
- 我全凭坚持不懈最终使她改变了主意.
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