[VERB 动词](通常因难以看清而)盯着看,凝视,端详 If you peer at something, you look at it very hard, usually because it is difficult to see clearly.
[V prep]
I had been peering at a computer print-out that made no sense at all...
我一直盯着看一张毫无意义的计算机打印稿。
He watched the Customs official peer into the driver's window.
他看见海关官员透过驾驶座车窗仔细地往里看。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](英国有权或曾经有权在上议院投票的)贵族 In Britain, a peer is a member of the nobility who has or had the right to vote in the House of Lords.
Lord Swan was made a life peer in 1981.
斯旺勋爵于1981年受封终身贵族。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]同龄人;同辈;身份(或地位)相同的人 Your peers are the people who are the same age as you or who have the same status as you.
[usu pl]
...children who are much cleverer than their peers...
比同龄人聪明许多的孩子
His engaging personality made him popular with his peers.
他迷人的个性使他深受同龄人的喜爱。
Oxford
peer/pɪə(r); NAmEpɪr/
noun
,
verb
peerpeerspeeredpeeringnoun1[usually plural ]a person who is the same age or who has the same social status as you 身分(或地位)相同的人;同龄人;同辈◆She enjoys the respect of her peers.她受到同侪的尊敬。◆Children are worried about failing in front of their peers.儿童都怕在同伴面前失败。◆Peer pressureis strong among young people (= they want to be like other people of the same age).年轻人受到强大的同辈压力。2(in Britain) a member of the nobility(英国)贵族成员☞see also
life peer
,
peeress
verb[intransitive ](+ adv./prep.)to look closely or carefully at sth, especially when you cannot see it clearly 仔细看;端详◆We peered into the shadows.我们往阴暗处仔细瞧。◆He went to the window and peered out.他走到窗前仔细往外瞧。◆She kept peering over her shoulder.她不停地回头看。◆He peered closely at the photograph.他聚精会神地端详着相片。☞synonyms at
stare
peer/pɪə(r); NAmEpɪr/
LDC
peer1 noun
peer2 verb
peerpeer1 /pɪə $ pɪr/ ●●○ noun [countable]
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1[usually plural] formal your peers are the people who are the same age as you, or who have the same type of job, social class etc: American children did less well in math than their peers in Japan. Staff members are trained by their peers. →
peer group
, peer pressure
2a member of the British nobility → House of Lords, peerage →
to look very carefully at something, especially because you are having difficulty seeing it: He was peering through the wet windscreen at the cars ahead. Philippa peered into the darkness.► see thesaurus at
look
WDF
peer
[pɪə(r)]peered, peering, peers
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v3403
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peered[217] peering[478] peers[2196]
贵族(32%),同辈(27%),凝视(22%),窥视(11%),同等的人(8%)
vt.封为贵族;与…同等
vi.凝视,盯着看;窥视
n.贵族;同等的人;同龄人
n.(Peer)人名;(英、巴基)皮尔
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