queer 英 [kwɪə(r)]   美 [kwɪr]

queer

queer  英 [kwɪə(r)] 美 [kwɪr]

adj. 奇怪的;反常的 

进行时:queering  过去式:queered  过去分词:queered  第三人称单数:queers  名词复数:queers  比较级:queerer  最高级:queerest 

His face was a queer pink colour. 他满脸奇怪的粉红色。
I could not help but think this is a very queer life. 我忍不住会认为这是一种非常怪异的生活。

  • Queer originally just meant "weird," but it's unfortunately evolved into an offensive term for "homosexual."
  • 请先登录
  • adj. 奇怪的;反常的
  • 1. His face was a queer pink colour.

    他满脸奇怪的粉红色。

  • 2. I could not help but think this is a very queer life.

    我忍不住会认为这是一种非常怪异的生活。

  • 3. I heard some queer footsteps.

    我听到某种可疑的脚步声.

  • 4. The machine makes a queer noise.

    这机器声音不对.

  • queer (adj.) c. 1500, "strange, peculiar, eccentric," from Scottish, perhaps from Low German (Brunswick dialect) queer "oblique, off-center," related to German quer "oblique, perverse, odd," from Old High German twerh "oblique," from PIE root *terkw- "to twist."
  • queer (v.) "to spoil, ruin," 1812, from queer (adj.). Related: Queered; queering. Earlier it meant "to puzzle, ridicule, cheat" (1790). To queer the pitch (1846) is in reference to the patter of an itinerant tradesman or showman (see pitch (n.1)).
queer / kwɪə(r) ; NAmE kwɪr / adjective , noun , verb queer queers queered queering queerer queerest adjective ( queer·er , queer·est ) 1 ( old-fashioned) strange or unusual 奇怪的;反常的 SYN odd His face was a queer pink colour. 他满脸奇怪的粉红色。 2 ( taboo, slang) an offensive way of describing a homosexual,especially a man, which is, however, also used by some homosexualsabout themselves 娘儿们似的;妖里妖气的 IDIOMsee an odd/a queer fish at fish n. noun ( taboo, slang) an offensive word for a homosexual,especially a man, which is, however, also used by some homosexualsabout themselves 同性恋者;假娘儿们;赛妖婆 verb IDIOM queer sb's ˈpitch | queer the ˈpitch (for sb) ( BrE) ( informal) to spoil sb's plans or their chances of getting sth 破坏…的计划(或机会) queer / kwɪə(r) ; NAmE kwɪr /
  • 请先登录