| 释义 |
ˈsheerness rare.
[f. sheer a. + -ness.]
The quality of being sheer (see the adj.).
1587Golding De Mornay iv. 53 Like as the light of the Sunne hath diuers effects through the disposition of mens eyes, and of the sheerenesse of things. 1903Edin. Rev. Oct. 407 There is something of that quality of sheerness in this tale of peasant life..which we find in..‘A Village Tragedy’... But it is not so grim. |