sheer

/ʃɪr/

意味: 向きを変える、避ける

例文: Momo sheered away from broccoli cake.
　　  モモはブロッコリーケーキを避けた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: sheer size(純粋な大きさ), sheer luck(偶然の幸運), sheer cliff(切り立った崖)

定義: まったくの、完全な、または非常に薄いという意味です。たとえば、何かが「sheer」と言われると、それは他のものが混ざっていない純粋な状態を指します。また、布などが「sheer」と言われると、非常に薄くて透けて見えることを意味します。

sheerは約100,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度 - 横向き棒グラフ

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析 レーダーチャート

感情グラフ: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

Definitions(定義)

Verb: turn sharply; change direction abruptly
Verb: cause to sheer
Adjective: complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
Adjective: not mixed with extraneous elements
Adjective: very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front
Adjective: so thin as to transmit light
Adverb: straight up or down without a break
Adverb: directly

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Verb, Adjective, Adverb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

The cliff was a sheer drop into the ocean.(崖は海への垂直の断崖だった。)
Her success was due to sheer determination.(彼女の成功は純粋な決意によるものだった。)
The dress was made of sheer silk fabric.(そのドレスは透けるシルク生地で作られていた。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Verb: The car cut to the left at the intersection
Verb: The motorbike veered to the right
Verb: She sheered her car around the obstacle
Adjective: absolute freedom
Adjective: an absolute dimwit
Adjective: a downright lie
Adjective: out-and-out mayhem
Adjective: an out-and-out lie
Adjective: a rank outsider
Adjective: many right-down vices
Adjective: got the job through sheer persistence
Adjective: sheer stupidity
Adjective: plain water
Adjective: sheer wine
Adjective: not an unmixed blessing
Adjective: a bluff headland
Adjective: where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise
Adjective: a sheer descent of rock
Adjective: a hat with a diaphanous veil
Adjective: filmy wings of a moth
Adjective: gauzy clouds of dandelion down
Adjective: gossamer cobwebs
Adjective: sheer silk stockings
Adjective: transparent chiffon
Adjective: vaporous silks
Adverb: he fell sheer into the water

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): absolute, bluff, bold, cobwebby, curve, cut, diaphanous, downright, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, gossamer, out-and-out, perpendicularly, plain, rank, right-down, see-through, sheer, slew, slue, swerve, transparent, trend, unmingled, unmixed, vaporous, vapourous, veer

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): steer, turn

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): about-face, avert, bend, caracole, channel, conn, corkscrew, corner, crab, deflect, deviate, dock, face, flip, gee, gyrate, helm, navigate, overturn, park, pivot, port, pronate, pull over, roll, roll over, rotate, sheer, stand out, starboard, swerve, swing around, turn away, turn off, turn on a dime, turn out, twist

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): peel off, yaw

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: absoluteness, cobweb, curve, film, gauze, plainness, swerve, swerving, transparency, transparentness, trend, veering

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞): er

Exam Level

英検準1級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書):

Movies(映画): Frozen

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: