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单词 sheer
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Sheer
vverb.motionturn sharply; change direction abruptly
Synset:curve cut slew slue swerve trend veer
Examples:
  • The car cut to the left at the intersection
  • The motorbike veered to the right
Derivationally Related Form:trendcurveveeringswerveswerving
Hypernyms:turn
Inherited Hypernyms:swerveturnmove
Direct Hyponyms:peel offyaw
Full Troponyms:peel offyaw
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Something is ---ing PP
vverb.motioncause to sheer
Examples:
  • She sheered her car around the obstacle
Hypernyms:channelise channelize direct guide head maneuver manoeuver manoeuvre point steer
Inherited Hypernyms:sheersteercontrol
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
adj satadj.allcomplete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
Synset:absolute downright out-and-out rank right-down
Examples:
  • 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
Antonyms:incomplete
Derivationally Related Form:absoluteness
Inherited Hypernyms:absolute
Similar to:complete
adj satadj.allnot mixed with extraneous elements
Synset:plain unmingled unmixed
Examples:
  • plain water
  • sheer wine
  • not an unmixed blessing
Antonyms:impure
Derivationally Related Form:plainness
Inherited Hypernyms:plain
Similar to:pure
adj satadj.allvery steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front
Synset:bluff bold
Examples:
  • a bluff headland
  • where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise
  • a sheer descent of rock
Antonyms:gradual
Inherited Hypernyms:bluff
Similar to:steep
adj satadj.allso thin as to transmit light
Synset:cobwebby diaphanous filmy gauze-like gauzy gossamer see-through transparent vaporous vapourous
Examples:
  • 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
Antonyms:thick
Derivationally Related Form:transparencytransparentnessfilmgauzecobweb
Inherited Hypernyms:diaphanous
Similar to:thin
advadv.allstraight up or down without a break
Synset:perpendicularly
Inherited Hypernyms:sheer
advadv.alldirectly
Examples:
  • he fell sheer into the water
Inherited Hypernyms:sheer
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