rise/fall sheer from/into sth
sheer 作副词时放在动词之后，表示垂直上升或下降，中途没有中断；后面常接 from 或 into 引出起点或落点。
The granite cliffs rise sheer from the water.
花岗岩悬崖从水面笔直拔起。
径直地；直接地；垂直的,陡峭的；直接地；完全；全然
straight up or down, with no break or slope
多用来形容悬崖、岩壁或山坡笔直地上下
垂直的,陡峭的
straight up or down without a break
直接地
directly
The cliff rises sheer from the sea, and there is no beach at its base.
悬崖从海面垂直拔起，底部没有沙滩。
用法提示：sheer 在此作副词，修饰动词 rises，表示崖壁笔直向上、没有中断。
From the top of the ridge, the ground falls sheer into the valley below.
从山脊顶端，地面笔直向下落入下面的山谷。
用法提示：sheer 在此作副词，修饰动词 falls，表示地面垂直向下延伸。
The stone wall goes sheer up for twenty metres, with no window or door in it.
这堵石墙垂直向上延伸二十米，上面没有窗也没有门。
用法提示：sheer 在此作副词，修饰动词短语 goes up，表示墙体笔直向上。
sheer 作副词时放在动词之后，表示垂直上升或下降，中途没有中断；后面常接 from 或 into 引出起点或落点。
The granite cliffs rise sheer from the water.
花岗岩悬崖从水面笔直拔起。
for 引出垂直延伸的距离，sheer 强调这一段距离全程陡直、没有缓冲。
The cliff drops sheer for hundreds of feet.
悬崖笔直地落下数百英尺。
grammar · medium
易错句子The cliff rises sheerly from the sea.
正确表达The cliff rises sheer from the sea.
sheer 本身就可作副词，表示“垂直地、陡直地”，不需要再加 -ly。汉语学习者常按“形容词 + ly 变副词”的规则误造出 sheerly，但表示“陡直地”这一含义时英语直接用 sheer，不用 sheerly。
grammar · medium
易错句子The rock face rises shear from the valley floor.
正确表达The rock face rises sheer from the valley floor.
sheer 与 shear 读音相近，容易混淆，但词义不同：shear 是动词，意思是“剪（羊毛）、剪切”，不能表示“垂直地”。要表示岩壁垂直耸立，必须用副词 sheer。
笔直地耸立
The cliffs rise sheer from the sea.
悬崖从海面笔直耸立。
垂直落下
The rock face drops sheer into the water.
岩壁垂直落入水中。
陡直地冲下去
The waterfall plunges sheer into the gorge.
瀑布陡直地冲入峡谷。
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