adj.極輕薄的；陡峭的；全然的

adv.垂直地

v.避開；轉(zhuǎn)向

Chiffon is a fabric of sheer silk or rayon. 薄綢是一種極薄的絲綢或人造絲織物。

It's very difficult to climb a sheer cliff. 攀登陡峭的懸崖是很困難的。

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。

I met her by sheer chance. 我完全出于偶然遇見了她。

It's a sheer waste of time. 這純粹是浪費時間。

The ground dropped away sheer at our feet. 我們腳下的地面垂直地陷落下去。

When he saw me coming he sheered off in the opposite direction. 他一看到我過來，掉頭就走了。

You should sheer off the urchin. 你應(yīng)該躲避這頑童。

Nobody can sheer off from the issue. 沒有誰能回避了這個問題。

She tends to sheer away from any discussion of her divorce. 一談到她離婚的事她就盡量轉(zhuǎn)換話題。

sheer的意思是指船(只尤指遇到緊急情況時)駛離原航向,引申則指突然或明顯離開所遵循的路線,可指改變話題。

sheer是不及物動詞,常跟副詞away, off連用。

sheer也可用作副詞,意思是“垂直地,陡峭地”。例如:The mountain rises sheer from the plain.這座山幾乎是從草原上拔地而起。