sheer

sheer

动词 sheer:

turn sharply; change direction abruptly

同义词:swerve, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut

cause to sheer

形容词 sheer:

complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers

同义词:absolute, downright, out-and-out, rank, right-down

not mixed with extraneous elements

同义词:plain, unmingled, unmixed

very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front

同义词:bluff, bold

so thin as to transmit light

同义词:diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby

副词 sheer:

straight up or down without a break

同义词:perpendicularly

directly

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