sheer-主題

sheer

[ʃiə]

adj.極輕薄的, 陡峭的, 全然的 
adv.垂直地 
v.避開, 轉向 
n. 轉向, (甲板的)脊弧, 透明薄織物

例句與用法：

She played a trick on him out of sheer devilment.

她捉弄他完全是為了尋開心。

He's so impatient that waiting in queues is sheer purgatory for him.

他毫無耐性，對他來說排隊等候完全是活受罪。

He persuaded them to join him by the sheer magnetism of his personality.

他完全是靠個人的魅力，說服他們和他在一起幹。

The ground dropped away sheer at our feet.

我們腳下的地面垂直地陷落下去。

I met her by sheer chance.

我完全出於偶然遇見了她。

It's a sheer waste of time.

這純粹是浪費時間。

詞形變化：

副詞: sheerly | 形容詞比較級: sheerer | 形容詞最高級: sheerest | 名詞: sheerness | 動詞過去式: sheered | 動詞過去分詞: sheered | 動詞現在分詞: sheering | 動詞第三人稱單數: sheers |

英文解釋:

動詞 sheer:

turn sharply; change direction abruptly

同義詞：swerve, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut

cause to sheer

形容詞 sheer:

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

同義詞：absolute, downright, out-and-out, rank, right-down

not mixed with extraneous elements

同義詞：plain, unmingled, unmixed

very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front

同義詞：bluff, bold

so thin as to transmit light

同義詞：diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby

副詞 sheer:

straight up or down without a break

同義詞：perpendicularly

directly

以上來源於大辭典