There was a sheer drop just outside my window.

就在我的窗外有一个陡坡。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Outside there was a sheer drop down to the sea below.

外面是一道陡坡，直插大海。

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There was a sheer drop of fifty metres to the rocks below.

距下面的岩石有五十米的垂直距离。

《牛津词典》

The runway is built on a flat stretch of land on a hill, with a sheer drop on both sides.

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The brick-by-brick demolition of the structurally-unsafe houses left hanging over a sheer drop started on 1 December.

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The demolition of five houses left hanging over a sheer drop following a landslip has been delayed after further earth movement.

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"It's a sheer drop, so if it had fallen down I would imagine it would have been injured, but it wasn't, " he said.

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