Chiffon is a fabric of sheer silk or rayon.
薄绸是一种极薄的丝绸或人造丝织物。
It's very difficult to climb a sheer cliff.
攀登陡峭的悬崖是很困难的。
She played a trick on him out of sheer devilment.
她捉弄他完全是为了寻开心。
He's so impatient that waiting in queues is sheer purgatory for him.
他毫无耐性，对他来说排队等候完全是活受罪。
I met her by sheer chance.
我完全出于偶然遇见了她。
It's a sheer waste of time.
这纯粹是浪费时间。
The ground dropped away sheer at our feet.
我们脚下的地面垂直地陷落下去。
When he saw me coming he sheered off in the opposite direction.
他一看到我过来，掉头就走了。
You should sheer off the urchin.
你应该躲避这顽童。
Nobody can sheer off from the issue.
没有谁能回避了这个问题。
She tends to sheer away from any discussion of her divorce.
一谈到她离婚的事她就尽量转换话题。
The area is under threat from the sheer number of tourists using it.
这一地区由于游客人数太多而面临威胁。
We were impressed by the sheer size of the cathedral.
大教堂的宏大规模给我们留下了深刻的印象。
The concert was sheer delight.
这场音乐会是一次十足的享受。
I only agreed out of sheer desperation.
我一时情急才同意的。
sheer cliffs'/slopes
悬崖峭壁；陡坡
Outside there was a sheer drop down to the sea below.
外面是一道陡坡，直插大海。
sheer nylon
透明尼龙
The cliffs rise sheer from the beach.
悬崖从海滩上拔地而起。
The ground dropped sheer away at our feet.
在我们脚下，地势陡降。
(figurative)Her mind sheered away from images she did not wish to dwell on.
她有意不去想那些她不愿多想的事情。
His music is sheer delight...
听他的音乐完全是一种享受。
sheer chance quite often plays an important part in sparking off an idea.
灵感的激发通常纯粹是靠运气。
There was a sheer drop just outside my window...
陡坡就在我窗户外面。
A young man plunged from a sheer rock face to his death.
一名男青年从陡峭的岩壁上坠崖身亡。
...sheer black tights.
极薄的黑色紧身裤
The People's Liberation Army, so long outnumbered , has gained numerical superiority.
人民解放军在数量上由长期的劣势转入了优势.
Out of sheer boredom I would pick up a book and read on and on.
在百无聊赖中,随手抓过一本书来,读下去.
She managed to stop smoking by sheer willpower.
她全靠意志力戒了烟.
It is sheer madness to do it.
做这种事实在愚不可及.
The waterfall makes a sheer drop of one thousand feet.
瀑布从一千英尺的高处直泻而下.
At the end of the film, the man becomes a thief out of sheer desperation.
在电影的结尾, 这个人由于彻底绝望而成了小偷.
It would be downright [ sheer ] madness to do such a thing.
做这种事纯粹是 发疯.
It's sheer paradise to relax in a hot bath after a hard day's work.
一天的辛苦工作之后在热水浴缸中松弛一下真是最大的享受.
I am in sheer ignorance of the matter.
我对此事全然无知.
It's difficult to grasp the sheer enormity of the tragedy.
很难确切知道这场悲剧的严重程度.
By sheer persistence, I eventually got her to change her mind.
我全凭坚持不懈最终使她改变了主意.
The boat came close to the rocks and then sheered away.
船靠近岩石时突然掉转航向。
She tends to sheer away from any discussion of her divorce.
一谈到离婚,她就转变话题。
The speed-boat seemed to be heading straight towards some swimmers but sheered off at the last moment.
那快艇眼看驶向一些游泳的人,但最后一刻它改变了航向。
The boat was able to sheer off in time to avoid an accident.
那船及时地躲开,避免了一场事故。
When he saw me coming he sheered off in the opposite direction.
他一看到我过来,掉头就走了。
I saw her in the High Street, but she sheered off so as not to meet me!
我在大街上看见了她,但她故意避开我。
Every time that delicate subject was mentioned, he would sheer off from it.
每当提到那个微妙的题目时,他都要避开。
sheer sb/sth ⇔ offYou should sheer off the urchin.
你应该躲避这顽童。
A new range of Swiss sheers and prints with louvred blinds to match.
出自：Lancashire Lifesheer nylons with contrast or self-color seams.
出自：Sun (Baltimore)In the heavy seas..she sheered around and rolled heavily.
出自：Lifeboat