peer
n
1
(a) [C] person who is equal to another in rank, status or merit (官階、 等級、 地位或功績)同等的人
It will not be easy to find his peer. 很不容易找到像他那樣的人.
be judged by one's peers 受到與自己地位相同的人的評價.
(b) [C usu pl 通常作復數]
person who is the same age as another 同齡人
He doesn't spend enough time with his peers. 他不大與其同齡人交往.
2 [C] (in Britain) male member of one of the ranks of nobility (eg duke, marquis, earl, viscount, baron) (在英國)有爵位的男子(如公、 侯、 伯、 子、 男等貴族)
a `life peer 終身為貴族的男子.
peer v [I, Ipr, Ip]
~ (at sth/sb) look closely or carefully, esp as if unable to see well 仔細看(尤指似因看不清)
peer shortsightedly 因近視而仔細看
peer at sb over one's spectacles 戴著眼鏡認真打量某人
peer into the mist 向霧中張望
peer out of the window/over the wall/through a gap 凝視窗外[隔墻細看/從縫隙中窺視]. =>Usage at look1 用法見look1. Cf 參看 peek, peep1 1.
?? 考研助記
象形:ee眼睛,由P形 仔細看成了R形{指看東西有困難而努力的看} 網友:yqy補充: 【同】glance,glimpse,stare,watch,peer 【辨析】: glance at(漫不經心的)掃視 had a glimpse of(無意識的)看 stare at 盯著看 watch 注視,密切關注 peer vt.凝視或瞇眼看專心地、探求地或較為費勁地看
?? 擴展釋義
*[pi?]n. 同等的人, 匹敵, 貴族vi. 凝視, 窺視, 費力地看, 隱現vt. 與...同等, 封為貴族相關詞組: without a peer
?? 同為「高中」詞匯
copyn. 復制品;一份;(報刊等的)稿件;準備排印的書面材料;
vt.& vi. 復制;抄寫;容許復制的;
vt. 模仿;仿造…的樣式或圖案;抄寫;復制;