sheer 音标拼音: [ʃ'ɪr]
a . 绝对的,全然的,彻底的,纯粹的,透明的,峻峭的
vi . 躲开,躲避
绝对的,全然的,彻底的,纯粹的,透明的,峻峭的躲开,躲避
sheer adv 1 :
straight up or down without a break [
synonym : {
sheer },
{
perpendicularly }]
2 :
directly ; "
he fell sheer into the water "
adj 1 :
complete and without restriction or qualification ;
sometimes used informally as intensifiers ; "
absolute freedom "; "
an absolute dimwit "; "
a downright lie "; "
out -
and -
out mayhem "; "
an out -
and -
out lie "; "
a rank outsider ";
"
many right -
down vices "; "
got the job through sheer persistence "; "
sheer stupidity " [
synonym : {
absolute },
{
downright }, {
out -
and -
out (
a )}, {
rank (
a )}, {
right -
down },
{
sheer (
a )}]
2 :
not mixed with extraneous elements ; "
plain water "; "
sheer wine "; "
not an unmixed blessing " [
synonym : {
plain }, {
sheer },
{
unmingled }, {
unmixed }]
3 :
very steep ;
having a prominent and almost vertical front ; "
a bluff headland "; "
where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise "; "
a sheer descent of rock " [
synonym : {
bluff }, {
bold },
{
sheer }]
4 :
so thin as to transmit light ; "
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 : {
diaphanous }, {
filmy },
{
gauzy }, {
gauze -
like }, {
gossamer }, {
see -
through }, {
sheer },
{
transparent }, {
vaporous }, {
vapourous }, {
cobwebby }]
v 1 :
turn sharply ;
change direction abruptly ; "
The car cut to the left at the intersection "; "
The motorbike veered to the right " [
synonym : {
swerve }, {
sheer }, {
curve }, {
trend }, {
veer },
{
slue }, {
slew }, {
cut }]
2 :
cause to sheer ; "
She sheered her car around the obstacle "
Sheer \
Sheer \,
n .
1 . (
Naut .)
(
a )
The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck ,
gunwale ,
and lines of a vessel ,
as when viewed from the side .
(
b )
The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it .
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2 .
A turn or change in a course .
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Give the canoe a sheer and get nearer to the shore .
--
Cooper .
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3 .
pl .
Shears See {
Shear }.
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{
Sheer batten } (
Shipbuilding ),
a long strip of wood to guide the carpenters in following the sheer plan .
{
Sheer boom },
a boom slanting across a stream to direct floating logs to one side .
{
Sheer hulk }.
See {
Shear hulk },
under {
Hulk }.
{
Sheer plan },
or {
Sheer draught } (
Shipbuilding ),
a projection of the lines of a vessel on a vertical longitudinal plane passing through the middle line of the vessel .
{
Sheer pole } (
Naut .),
an iron rod lashed to the shrouds just above the dead -
eyes and parallel to the ratlines .
{
Sheer strake } (
Shipbuilding ),
the strake under the gunwale on the top side . --
Totten .
{
To break sheer } (
Naut .),
to deviate from sheer ,
and risk fouling the anchor .
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Sheer \
Sheer \,
adv .
Clean ;
quite ;
at once . [
Obs .] --
Milton .
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Sheer \
Sheer \,
v .
t . [
See {
Shear }.]
To shear . [
Obs .] --
Dryden .
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Sheer \
Sheer \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Sheered };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Sheering }.] [
D .
sheren to shear ,
cut ,
withdraw ,
warp .
See {
Shear }.]
To decline or deviate from the line of the proper course ;
to turn aside ;
to swerve ;
as ,
a ship sheers from her course ;
a horse sheers at a bicycle .
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{
To sheer off },
to turn or move aside to a distance ;
to move away .
{
To sheer up },
to approach obliquely .
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Sheer \
Sheer \,
a . [
OE .
shere ,
skere ,
pure ,
bright ,
Icel .
sk ?
rr ;
akin to sk [
imac ]
rr ,
AS .
sc [
imac ]
r ,
OS .
sk [
imac ]
ri ,
MHG .
sch [
imac ]
r ,
G .
schier ,
Dan .
sk ?
r ,
Sw .
sk [
aum ]
r ,
Goth .
skeirs clear ,
and E .
shine . [
root ]
157 .
See {
Shine },
v .
i .]
1 .
Bright ;
clear ;
pure ;
unmixed . "
Sheer ale ." --
Shak .
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Thou sheer ,
immaculate ,
and silver fountain . --
Shak .
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2 .
Very thin or transparent ; --
applied to fabrics ;
as ,
sheer muslin .
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3 .
Being only what it seems to be ;
obvious ;
simple ;
mere ;
downright ;
as ,
sheer folly ;
sheer nonsense . "
A sheer impossibility ." --
De Quincey .
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It is not a sheer advantage to have several strings to one '
s bow . --
M .
Arnold .
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4 .
Stright up and down ;
vertical ;
prpendicular .
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A sheer precipice of a thousand feet . --
J .
D .
Hooker .
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It was at least Nine roods of sheer ascent . --
Wordsworth .
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263 Moby Thesaurus words for "
sheer ":
aberrancy ,
aberration ,
about ship ,
abrupt ,
absolute ,
absolutely ,
airy ,
all -
embracing ,
all -
encompassing ,
all -
out ,
all -
pervading ,
angle ,
angle off ,
aplomb ,
arduous ,
arrant ,
at right angles ,
avert ,
back and fill ,
bare ,
bear away ,
bear off ,
bear to starboard ,
beat ,
beat about ,
bend ,
bent ,
bias ,
blasted ,
blessed ,
bluff ,
bold ,
born ,
box off ,
branch off ,
branching off ,
break ,
breakneck ,
bring about ,
bring round ,
broad -
based ,
cant ,
cant round ,
cast ,
cast about ,
change course ,
change the bearing ,
change the heading ,
chiffon ,
circuitousness ,
clarified ,
clean ,
clear ,
clear as crystal ,
come about ,
complete ,
comprehensive ,
confounded ,
congenital ,
consummate ,
corner ,
crook ,
crystal ,
crystal -
clear ,
crystalline ,
curve ,
declination ,
deep -
dyed ,
deflect ,
depart from ,
departure ,
detour ,
deviance ,
deviancy ,
deviate ,
deviation ,
deviousness ,
diaphane ,
diaphanous ,
digress ,
digression ,
dip ,
discursion ,
distilled ,
divagate ,
divagation ,
divaricate ,
divarication ,
diverge ,
divergence ,
diversion ,
divert ,
dogleg ,
double ,
double a point ,
downright ,
drift ,
drifting ,
dyed -
in -
the -
wool ,
egregious ,
errantry ,
excursion ,
excursus ,
exhaustive ,
exorbitation ,
fetch about ,
filmy ,
flimsy ,
gauzy ,
go about ,
gossamer ,
gossamery ,
gross ,
gybe ,
hairpin ,
headlong ,
heave round ,
heel ,
indirection ,
infernal ,
intensive ,
irretrievably ,
irrevocably ,
jibe ,
jibe all standing ,
light -
pervious ,
limpid ,
lucid ,
lurch ,
mere ,
miss stays ,
naked ,
neat ,
nonopaque ,
oblique ,
obliquity ,
omnibus ,
omnipresent ,
orthodiagonal ,
orthogonal ,
out -
and -
out ,
outright ,
peekaboo ,
pellucid ,
pererration ,
perfect ,
perfectly ,
perpendicular ,
perpendicularly ,
pervasive ,
pivot ,
plain ,
plumb ,
plunging ,
ply ,
precipitate ,
precipitous ,
pure ,
purified ,
put about ,
put back ,
quite ,
radical ,
rambling ,
rank ,
rapid ,
rectified ,
regular ,
revealing ,
right ,
right -
angle ,
right -
angled ,
right -
angular ,
round a point ,
see -
through ,
sharp ,
sheerly ,
shift ,
shifting ,
shifting course ,
shifting path ,
sideling ,
simple ,
skew ,
slant ,
slew ,
slue ,
square ,
stark ,
steep ,
stickle ,
straight ,
straight -
up ,
straight -
up -
and -
down ,
straying ,
sway ,
sweep ,
sweeping ,
swerve ,
swerving ,
swing round ,
swing the stern ,
swinging ,
tack ,
thin ,
thorough ,
thoroughgoing ,
through -
and -
through ,
throw about ,
total ,
translucent ,
transparent ,
transpicuous ,
trend ,
turn ,
turn aside ,
turn back ,
turning ,
twist ,
ubiquitous ,
unadorned ,
unadulterated ,
unalloyed ,
unblended ,
unclouded ,
uncombined ,
uncompounded ,
unconditional ,
uncorrupted ,
undiluted ,
unenhanced ,
unfortified ,
universal ,
unleavened ,
unmingled ,
unmitigated ,
unmixed ,
unqualified ,
unrelievedly ,
unreserved ,
unrestricted ,
unsophisticated ,
untinged ,
up and down ,
up -
and -
down ,
utter ,
variation ,
vary ,
veer ,
veritable ,
vertical ,
volte -
face ,
wandering ,
warp ,
wear ,
wear ship ,
wheel ,
whip ,
whirl ,
wholesale ,
wind ,
yaw ,
zigzag
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