sheer
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Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(textiles) Very thin or transparent.
Her light, sheer dress caught everyone’s attention.
Đồng nghĩa: diaphanous, see-through, thin
- 2.
(obsolete)Pure in composition; unmixed; unadulterated.
Đồng nghĩa: pure, undiluted
- 3.
(broadly)(by extension) Downright; complete; pure.
I think it is sheer genius to invent such a thing.
This poem is sheer nonsense.
Đồng nghĩa: downright, pure, unmitigated, utter, abject, frightful, absolute, arrant, categoric, categorical, complete, consummate, decided, downright, full, full-blown, full-bore, full-on, mere, outright, out-and-out, perfect, precious, proper, pure, stark, rank, regular, right, root and branch, sheer, straight-out, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unadulterated, unalloyed, unattenuated, uncompromising, unconditional, unfettered, unmitigated, unqualified, unreserved, unrestricted, utter, wholesale
- 4.
Used to emphasize the amount or degree of something.
The army's sheer size made it impossible to resist.
- 5.
Very steep; almost vertical or perpendicular.
It was a sheer drop of 180 feet.
Đồng nghĩa: perpendicular, steep, vertical
Trạng từ
adverb- 1.
(archaic)Clean; completely; at once.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
A sheer curtain or fabric.
Use sheers to maximize natural light.
- 2.
(nautical) The curve of the main deck or gunwale from bow to stern.
- 3.
(nautical) An abrupt swerve from the course of a ship.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(chiefly nautical) To swerve from a course.
- 2.
(alt of, obsolete)Obsolete spelling of shear.
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From Middle English shere, scheere, schere, skere, from Old English sċǣre (pure, sheer; shining, clear), from Proto-Germanic *skairiz; supplanted the semantically close shire (dialectal), from Middle English schyre, schire, shire, shir, from Old English sċīr, beside which existed Middle English skyr, from Old Norse skírr (pure, bright, clear), both from Proto-Germanic *skīriz (pure, sheer), from P…