- Queer originally just meant "weird," but it's unfortunately evolved into an offensive term for "homosexual."
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- adj. 奇怪的；反常的
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1. His face was a queer pink colour.
他满脸奇怪的粉红色。
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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。
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3. I heard some queer footsteps.
我听到某种可疑的脚步声.
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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 /
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