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1 sheer
I 1. [ʃɪə(r)]1) (pure) [boredom, hypocrisy, stupidity] puro2) (utter)2.avverbio [rise, fall] a piccoII [ʃɪə(r)]verbo intransitivo virare, invertire la rotta (anche fig.)* * *I 1. [ʃiə] adjective1) (absolute: Her singing was a sheer delight; It all happened by sheer chance.)2) (very steep: a sheer drop to the sea.)3) ((of cloth) very thin: sheer silk.)2. adverb(verticaly: The land rises sheer out of the sea.)II [ʃiə]* * *I [ʃɪə(r)]the sheer impossibility of... — l'assoluta impossibilità di...
by sheer chance; by a sheer accident — per puro caso or pura combinazione
2) (transparent) trasparente3) (precipitous) a picco2. adva picco, a perpendicoloII [ʃɪə(r)] vi* * *sheer (1) /ʃɪə(r)/A a.1 allo stato puro; puro e semplice; vero e proprio; bell'e buono; mero (lett.): sheer selfishness, egoismo puro e semplice; It's sheer folly, è una vera follia; sheer nonsense, una sciocchezza bell'e buona; I made it by sheer luck, ce l'ho fatta proprio per un pelo (o solo per fortuna); sheer impossibility, assoluta impossibilità2 perpendicolare; a picco: a sheer cliff, una scogliera a picco; una falesia; a sheer drop, uno strapiombo; a sheer rock face, una parete a strapiombo3 ( di tessuto o capo di vestiario) sottile; diafano; trasparente: sheer stockings, calze da donna sottilissimeB avv.1 completamente; affatto2 propriosheer (2) /ʃɪə(r)/n.6 (pl.) ► sheerlegs.sheer (3) /ʃɪə(r)/n. [u](to) sheer /ʃɪə(r)/A v. i.1 (naut.) cambiare rotta; invertire la rotta; virare2 (naut.) straorzare; abbattersi: The ship suddenly sheered towards the sandbank, all'improvviso la nave si abbatté al traverso della seccaB v. t.3 ( per estens.) guidare, portare ( un veicolo): I sheered my car around the larger potholes, ho guidato (la macchina) in modo da scansare le buche più grandi● to sheer away (o to sheer off), (naut.) allontanarsi, scostarsi, largare; (fig.) girare alla larga, svicolare ( anche fig.): The boat sheered off to avoid a collision, il battello si è scostato per evitare una collisione; He sheered off so as not to meet me, girò alla larga per non incontrarmi □ to sheer off from sb. [a subject], evitare, scansare q. [un argomento].* * *I 1. [ʃɪə(r)]1) (pure) [boredom, hypocrisy, stupidity] puro2) (utter)2.avverbio [rise, fall] a piccoII [ʃɪə(r)]verbo intransitivo virare, invertire la rotta (anche fig.) -
2 folly
['fɒlɪ]1) (madness, foolish act) follia f., pazzia f.2) arch. = costruzione stravagante* * *['foli]plural - follies; noun(foolishness: the follies of youth.) follia* * *folly /ˈfɒlɪ/n.1 [uc] follia; pazzia; assurdità; sconsideratezza; idiozia: He realized the folly of it all, si rese conto dell'assurdità della cosa; It was (an act of) sheer folly, è stata una vera pazzia; youthful follies, follie di gioventù3 (al pl.) (teatr.) rivista con ballerine e attrici affascinanti.* * *['fɒlɪ]1) (madness, foolish act) follia f., pazzia f.2) arch. = costruzione stravagante
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