sheer

verb

1. cause to sheer

e.g. She sheered her car around the obstacle

2. turn sharply
change direction abruptly

e.g. The car cut to the left at the intersection
The motorbike veered to the right

Synonym: swervecurvetrendveerslueslewcut

adj

1. very steep
having a prominent and almost vertical front

e.g. a bluff headland
where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise
a sheer descent of rock

Synonym: bluffbold

2. not mixed with extraneous elements

e.g. plain water
sheer wine
not an unmixed blessing

Synonym: plainunmingledunmixed

3. so thin as to transmit light

e.g. a hat with a diaphanous veil
filmy wings of a moth
gauzy clouds of dandelion down
gossamer cobwebs
sheer silk stockings
transparent chiffon
vaporous silks

Synonym: diaphanousfilmygauzygauze-likegossamersee-throughtransparentvaporousvapourouscobwebby

adv

1. directly

e.g. he fell sheer into the water

2. straight up or down without a break

Synonym: perpendicularly

1. (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.

e.g. His music is sheer delight...
听他的音乐完全是一种享受。
e.g. 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。

2. 陡峭的;垂直的
A sheer cliff or drop is extremely steep or completely vertical.

e.g. There was a sheer drop just outside my window...
陡坡就在我窗户外面。
e.g. 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. 极薄的;极轻的;精致的
Sheer material is very thin, light, and delicate.

sheer

e.g. ...sheer black tights.
极薄的黑色紧身裤

1. 完全的,纯粹的：feeble 脆弱的,易受伤害的 | sheer 完全的,纯粹的 | shear 剪(羊毛)

2. 舷弧：shear curve 剪力曲线 | sheer 舷弧 | sheer aft 艉舷弧

3. 完全的：in terms of在......方面 | sheer完全的 | trivial 琐碎的

4. 全然的：sheer off 避开 | sheer 全然的 | sheerlegs 起重机柱