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sheer adj.全然的,纯粹的,绝对的,彻底的,透明的,峻峭的 vi.避开,躲避,偏航 vt.使避开,使偏航 adv.完全,全然,峻峭 n.偏航 This word has several meanings, but they're all extreme. A sheer (see-through) shirt is an extreme way to dress — climbing a sheer cliff is almost impossible. If your car sheers, it swerves sharply, and you might crash. Maybe you've met all these meanings in a single nightmare: When the sheer cloth blew over your face as you drove, you lost control and the car began to sheer, filling you with sheer terror as you went over the sheer cliff. ★★☆☆☆ 2015.6

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[ʃiə(r)] If people can see through your shirt, it's sheer. This can also mean something steep, like a cliff, or anything extreme, like sheer nerve. But, the force of geographic conditions peculiar to America, the interplay of the varied national groups upon one another, and the sheer difficulty of maintaining old-world ways in a raw, new continent caused significant changes. 1[ADJ 形容词](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.   [ADJ n]  [emphasis]His music is sheer delight...听他的音乐完全是一种享受。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。...acts of sheer desperation.彻底绝望的行为2[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]陡峭的；垂直的 A sheer cliff or drop is extremely steep or completely vertical.   [usu ADJ n]There was a sheer drop just outside my window...陡坡就在我窗户外面。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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]极薄的；极轻的；精致的 Sheer material is very thin, light, and delicate. ...sheer black tights.极薄的黑色紧身裤

英语单词	sheer
英美音标	[ʃiə(r)]
中文释义	adj.全然的,纯粹的,绝对的,彻底的,透明的,峻峭的 vi.避开,躲避,偏航 vt.使避开,使偏航 adv.完全,全然,峻峭 n.偏航
vocab简明	If people can see through your shirt, it's sheer. This can also mean something steep, like a cliff, or anything extreme, like sheer nerve.
vocab扩展	This word has several meanings, but they're all extreme. A sheer (see-through) shirt is an extreme way to dress — climbing a sheer cliff is almost impossible. If your car sheers, it swerves sharply, and you might crash. Maybe you've met all these meanings in a single nightmare: When the sheer cloth blew over your face as you drove, you lost control and the car began to sheer, filling you with sheer terror as you went over the sheer cliff.
真题原句	But, the force of geographic conditions peculiar to America, the interplay of the varied national groups upon one another, and the sheer difficulty of maintaining old-world ways in a raw, new continent caused significant changes.
柯林斯星级	★★☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ 形容词](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. [ADJ n] [emphasis] His music is sheer delight... 听他的音乐完全是一种享受。 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。 ...acts of sheer desperation. 彻底绝望的行为 2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]陡峭的；垂直的 A sheer cliff or drop is extremely steep or completely vertical. [usu ADJ n] There was a sheer drop just outside my window... 陡坡就在我窗户外面。 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 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]极薄的；极轻的；精致的 Sheer material is very thin, light, and delicate. ...sheer black tights. 极薄的黑色紧身裤
来源	2015.6

Sheer Cliff Car Face N Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 Drop