sheer
sheer1
adjective
sheerly
adverb
sheerness
noun
语源
sheer2
verb
sheer3
noun
adjective
- [attrib.]nothing other than; unmitigated (used for emphasis)
纯粹的，完全的，十足的（用于强调）
she giggled with sheer delight.
她非常开心地咯咯笑。
it's been sheer hard work.
这是十足的苦活。 - (especially of a cliff or wall) perpendicular or nearly so
垂直的；陡峭的
the sheer ice walls.
陡峭的冰壁。 - (of a fabric) very thin; diaphanous
（织物）极薄的；透明的
sheer white silk chiffon.
透明白丝雪纺绸。
- perpendicularly
垂直地
the ridge fell sheer, in steep crags.
山脊垂直而下，一片陡峭险崖。 - (archaic)completely; right
(古)彻底地；完全地
she went sheer forward when the door was open.
门开时，她一直往前走。
- a very fine or diaphanous fabric or article
精纺（或透明）织物（或物品）
sheerly
adverb
sheerness
noun
语源
- Middle English (in the sense 'exempt, cleared'): probably an alteration of dialect shire 'pure, clear', from the Germanic base of the verb shine. In the mid 16th cent. the word was used to describe clear, pure water, and also in sense 3
sheer2
verb
- [no obj., with adverbial](typically of a boat) swerve or change course quickly
（船）偏航；急转向
the boat sheered off to beach further up the coast.
船急转方向以便在海岸上方靠岸。
■(figurative)avoid or move away from an unpleasant topic
(喻)避开（不愉快的话题）
her mind sheered away from images she didn't want to dwell on.
她避开不去想那些令她生厌的形象。
- a sudden deviation from a course, especially by a boat
（尤指船）突然偏航；突然转向
- early 17th cent.: perhaps from Middle Low German scheren 'to shear'
- The two verbs sheer and shear have a similar origin but do not have identical meanings. Sheer, the less common verb, means ‘swerve or change course quickly’, as in the boat sheers off the bankShear, on the other hand, usually means ‘cut the wool off (a sheep)’ and can also mean ‘break off (usually as a result of structural strain)’, as in the pins broke and the wing part sheared off
sheer3
noun
- [mass noun]the upward slope of a ship's lines towards the bow and stern
（船首及船尾处的）舷弧
- late 17th cent.: probably from the noun shear
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