[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]古怪的;奇特的;异常的 Something that is queer is strange.
[OLD-FASHIONED 过时]
If you ask me, there's something a bit queer going on.
要是你问我的话,我觉得有点儿不太对劲。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]同性恋男子 People sometimes call homosexual men queers .
[usu v-link ADJ]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
[OFFENSIVE 冒犯]
Queer is also an adjective.
...queer men.
同性恋男子
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[ADJ 形容词](某些同性恋者用语)同性恋的Queer means relating to homosexual people, and is used by some homosexuals.
[ADJ n]
...contemporary queer culture.
当代同性恋文化
...queer activism.
同性恋激进主义
Oxford
queer/kwɪə(r); NAmEkwɪr/
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noun
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verb
queerqueersqueeredqueeringqueererqueerestadjective(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
atfishn.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verbIDIOMqueer 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); NAmEkwɪr/
LDC
queer1 adjective
queer2 noun
queer3 verb
queerqueer1 /kwɪə $ kwɪr/ adjective
Word Origin
Examples
1taboo an offensive word used to describe someone who is homosexual, especially a man. Do not use this word.2old-fashioned strange or difficult to explain: She gave a queer laugh. Hank was beginning to feel a little queer.3queer in the head old-fashioned slightly crazy—queerly adverb: Sue looked at him queerly.
queer1 adjective
queer2 noun
queer3 verb
queerqueer2 noun [countable]taboo an offensive word for a homosexual person, especially a man. Do not use this word.
queer1 adjective
queer2 noun
queer3 verb
queerqueer3 verb
Verb Table
Examples
queer somebody’s pitch/queer the pitch for somebody British English informal to make it difficult for someone to do something that they had planned to do
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