Translations for „sheer“ in the English » Chinese Dictionary

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I . sheer¹ [ʃıə] ADJ

1. sheer:

sheer

彻底的 chèdǐde

sheer

十足的 shízúde

sheer alcohol

纯酒精

2. sheer:

sheer

陡峭的 dǒuqiàode

sheer

垂直的 chuízhíde

3. sheer:

sheer

极薄的 jíbáode

sheer

几乎透明的 jīhū tòumíng de

II . sheer¹ [ʃıə] ADV

1. sheer:

sheer

彻底地 chèdǐde

sheer

全然 quánrán

2. sheer:

sheer

陡峭地 dǒuqiàode

sheer

垂直地 chuízhíde

sheer² [ʃıə] VB trans, intr

sheer

(使)偏航 piānháng

sheer

(使)迅速转向 xùnsù zhuǎnxiàng

Usage examples with sheer

sheer alcohol

纯酒精

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Yet the entire secular world seems united in condemning the laity for its sheer cheek and impudence in voting the wrong way.

blogs.spectator.co.uk

She's not taking any chances when it comes to giving the male models the message; her outfit for the night a sheer body stocking, under a sheer dress.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Tennis skirts came in sheer silks crafted in cerulean blue and slate greys and naturally came with matching blouses.

lucire.com

It is usually placed in a decorative (often wooden) bowl, or tied in small sachet made from sheer fabric.

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Our societies are never completely peaceful, never completely competitive, never ruled by sheer selfishness, and never perfectly moral.

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The problem was that the sheer number of people they stopped guaranteed that stop-and-frisk would get untethered from that logic.

citylimits.org

Perhaps the largest obstacle to testing occurs with the sheer diversity of nanoparticles, of which the only unifying factor is their minuscule size.

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She was captured in 1780, converted to a sheer hulk in 1791 and was broken up in 1816.

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Lumps of the hulk were lifted up the sheer cliffs using ropes and pulleys, the salvers using rope ladders for access.

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Nearly every street was lined with trees, and each hill that was too sheer to build on was topped by a toupee of plant life.

arstechnica.com