sheer
us /ʃɪə̯/gen /ʃɛː/
Các nghĩa
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mỏng, trong suốt
Very thin or transparent.
Her light, sheer dress caught everyone’s attention.
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hoàn toàn, tuyệt đối
Downright; complete; pure.
I think it is sheer genius to invent such a thing.
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chỉ riêng, chỉ là
Used to emphasize the amount or degree of something.
The army's sheer size made it impossible to resist.
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dốc đứng, thẳng đứng
Very steep; almost vertical or perpendicular.
It was a sheer drop of 180 feet.
Dạng khác
- sheerer comparative
- more sheer comparative
- sheerest superlative
- most sheer superlative