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sheer

adjective
 
/ʃɪə(r)/
/ʃɪr/
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  1.  
    [only before noun] used to emphasize the size, degree or amount of something（用来强调事物的大小、程度或数量）
    • 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。
    • 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。
  2.  
    [only before noun] complete and not mixed with anything else完全的；纯粹的；十足的 synonym utter
    • The concert was sheer delight.这场音乐会是一次十足的享受。
    • sheer luck/chance/coincidence/joy/bliss/determination纯粹的运气/机会/巧合/快乐/幸福/决心
    • I only agreed out of sheer desperation.我一时情急才同意的。
    • sheer terror/panic/exhaustion/hell纯粹的恐惧/恐慌/疲惫/地狱
    More Like This Adjectives that only come before a nounAdjectives that only come before a noun
  3. very steep陡峭的
    • sheer cliffs/slopes悬崖峭壁；陡坡
    • Outside there was a sheer drop down to the sea below.外面是一道陡坡，直插大海。
  4. (of cloth, etc.织物等) thin, light and almost transparent又薄又轻几乎透明的
    • sheer nylon透明尼龙
    5. Word Originadjective 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 (4).

sheer

adverb
/ʃɪə(r)/
/ʃɪr/
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  1. straight up or down垂直地；陡峭地
    • The cliffs rise sheer from the beach.悬崖从海滩上拔地而起。
    • The ground dropped sheer away at our feet.在我们脚下，地势陡降。
    Word Originadverb 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.

sheer

verb
/ʃɪə(r)/
/ʃɪr/
Word Originverb early 17th cent.: perhaps from Middle Low German scheren ‘to shear’.
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they sheer
/ʃɪə(r)/
/ʃɪr/
he / she / it sheers
/ʃɪəz/
/ʃɪrz/
past simple sheered
/ʃɪəd/
/ʃɪrd/
past participle sheered
/ʃɪəd/
/ʃɪrd/
-ing form sheering
/ˈʃɪərɪŋ/
/ˈʃɪrɪŋ/
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