adj.完全的；adj.陡峭的，几乎垂直的,
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
sheer (verb)intransitive verb
transitive verb
to deviate from a course - swerve to cause to sheer
1.
a turn, deviation, or change in a course (as of a ship)
2.
the position of a ship riding to a single anchor and heading toward it
1.
obsolete - bright shining
2.
of very thin or transparent texture - diaphanous
3.
a) - unqualified utter sheer folly sheer ignorance
b) being free from an adulterant - pure unmixed
c) viewed or acting in dissociation from all else - in terms of sheer numbers
4.
marked by great and continuous steepness steep
1.
in a complete manner - altogether
2.
straight up or down without a break - perpendicularly
a sheer fabric , also an article of such a fabric
the fore-and-aft curvature from bow to stern of a ship's deck as shown in side elevation
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
sheer (adjective)1.
very thin and easy to see through
SYNONYMS:
cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauzelike, gauzy, gossamer, gossamery, see-through, transparentRELATED WORDS:
peekaboo; clear, crystal, crystalline, limpid, liquid, lucent, pellucid; lucid, translucent; dainty, delicate, flimsy, fragile, frail, insubstantial, unsubstantial; colorless, uncoloredNEAR ANTONYMS:
opaque; cloudy, foggy, hazy, misty, murky, nebulous, smoky ( smokey); drab, dull, lackluster, lusterless2.
having no exceptions or restrictions
SYNONYMS:
all-out, arrant, blank, blooming, bodacious, categorical ( categoric), clean, complete, consummate, cotton-picking, crashing, damn, damned, dead, deadly, definite, downright, dreadful, fair, flat, flat-out, out-and-out, outright, perfect, plumb, profound, pure, rank, regular, sheer, simple, stark, stone, straight-out, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unadulterated, unalloyed, unconditional, unmitigated, unqualified, utter, veryRELATED WORDS:
authentic, classic, genuine, real, veritable; constant, endless, eternal, perpetual, undying, unremitting; extreme, unrestricted; confirmed, habitual, hopeless, inveterate; extraordinary, frightful, horrible, huge, main, superlative, supreme, surpassing, terrible, terrificNEAR ANTONYMS:
doubtful, dubious, equivocal, qualified, questionable, restricted, uncertain3.
having an incline approaching the perpendicular
SYNONYMS:
abrupt, bold, precipitous, sheerRELATED WORDS:
perpendicular, plumb, straight, vertical; craggy, hillocky, hilly, mountainous, scarped; angled, canted, cocked, heeled, inclined, listed, slanted, sloped, tilted, tippedNEAR ANTONYMS:
gentle, gradual, moderate, soft; even, flat, flush, horizontal, level, plane, smooth, unruffled, unwrinkled1.
to change one's course or direction
SYNONYMS:
detour, deviate, diverge, sheer, swerve, swing, turn off, veer, wheelRELATED WORDS:
tack, zigzag; double (back), turn back2.
to depart abruptly from a straight line or course
SYNONYMS:
break, cut, sheer, veer, yaw, zag, zigRELATED WORDS:
skew, slew ( slue); arc, arch, bend, bow, crook, curve, hook, round, sweep, wheel; about-face, pivot; circle, coil, curl, loop, spiral; turn, twist, wind; weave, zigzag; deviate, stray, wander, waver