英[ʃɪə(r)]美[ʃɪr]
记忆方法
词源词根法
来自古英语scir,明亮的,发光的,闪耀的,来自Proto-Germanic*skiriz,纯的,纯粹的,清晰的,来自PIE*skai,发光,闪耀,词源同shine,sheen现词义可能来自不同词源,并最终来自PIE*sker,剪,切,砍,劈,词源同shear,sharp.引申词义陡峭的,垂直的等。
adjective(形容词)verb(动词)
双解例句
adjective(形容词)verb(动词)
小知识
If your curtains allow light to pass through, they're sheer, or see-through. Sheer can also describe something steep, like a cliff, or anything extreme, like sheer nerve.
This word has several meanings, but they're all extreme. You might want to layer a sheer shirt over a tank top. Climbing a sheer cliff is almost impossible. If your car sheers, it swerves sharply, and you might crash. Maybe you've met all these meanings in a single nightmare: When the sheer fabric blew over your face as you drove, you lost control and the car began to sheer, filling you with sheer terror as you went over the sheer cliff.
实用短语
常用短语
单词用法
词语辨析
以下这些形容词均包含”陡峭的,险峻的”的意思
steep:指坡度向上逐渐增加的斜陡坡,强调险峻,暗示难于攀登。
abrupt:着重指地形突然起伏,形成尖角状。
sheer:指自始至终近于垂直的陡峭,不仅仅很难爬上去,甚至于不可能攀登。
steep:指坡度向上逐渐增加的斜陡坡,强调险峻,暗示难于攀登。
abrupt:着重指地形突然起伏,形成尖角状。
sheer:指自始至终近于垂直的陡峭,不仅仅很难爬上去,甚至于不可能攀登。
词组短语
sheer nonsense 一派胡言
同义词辨析
同义词
clear / plain / translucent / transparent / thin / diaphanous / simple / pure