adj.极轻薄的；陡峭的；全然的
adv.垂直地
v.避开；转向
Chiffon is a fabric of sheer silk or rayon. 薄绸是一种极薄的丝绸或人造丝织物。
It's very difficult to climb a sheer cliff. 攀登陡峭的悬崖是很困难的。
He's so impatient that waiting in queues is sheer purgatory for him. 他毫无耐性，对他来说排队等候完全是活受罪。
I met her by sheer chance. 我完全出于偶然遇见了她。
It's a sheer waste of time. 这纯粹是浪费时间。
用作副词 (adv.)The ground dropped away sheer at our feet. 我们脚下的地面垂直地陷落下去。
用作动词 (v.)When he saw me coming he sheered off in the opposite direction. 他一看到我过来，掉头就走了。
You should sheer off the urchin. 你应该躲避这顽童。
Nobody can sheer off from the issue. 没有谁能回避了这个问题。
She tends to sheer away from any discussion of her divorce. 一谈到她离婚的事她就尽量转换话题。
sheer的意思是指船(只尤指遇到紧急情况时)驶离原航向,引申则指突然或明显离开所遵循的路线,可指改变话题。
sheer是不及物动词,常跟副词away, off连用。
sheer也可用作副词,意思是“垂直地,陡峭地”。例如:The mountain rises sheer from the plain.这座山几乎是从草原上拔地而起。
