（船只）迅速转向避开障碍物或危险：指船只为了避免撞上岩石或其他障碍物而迅速转向。
（车辆）突然转向避开障碍物或危险：指车辆为了避免撞到行人或其他障碍物而突然转向。
（人）突然转身离开或避开某人或某事：指人突然转身离开或避开某人或某事情。
... k 人字起重机船 sheer off 避开 sheer 全然的 ...
... sheer of gunwale 舷弧 sheer off 驶离;避开 sheer plan 船舶侧面型线图 ...
转向；避开，离开
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。
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。
The sheer cacophony of the clustered consonants in this line sets off -or has the potential to set off -- a powerful cluster of feelings.
这句诗中辅音全然不和谐，使人觉得,或者有意向让人觉得-，有力量的层叠之感。
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The smallest skulls are mostly incomplete infants' jawbones tend to sheer off when clubbed.
Paraparaumu has hosted the New Zealand Open 12 times and Kauri Cliffs is one of the best in the world with six cliff-top holes that sheer off into the Pacific Ocean.
Others are sealed off by sheer, black 300m-high cliffs.