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queer adj. 奇怪的，疯狂的 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 turn, twist, wind" (see thwart (adv.)).Sense of "homosexual" first recorded 1922; the noun in this sense is 1935, from the adjective. Related: Queerly. Queer studies as an academic discipline attested from 1994.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)).These wanderers, and those who are still seen occasionally in the back streets of the metropolis, are said to 'go a-pitching ;' the spot they select for their performance is their 'pitch,' and any interruption of their feats, such as an accident, or the interference of a policeman, is said to 'queer the pitch,'--in other words, to spoil it. [Thomas Frost, "Circus Life and Circus Celebrities," London, 1875] 【记】音：奇异啊,qu=q, ee=i

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[kwiə] 【英】 adj.奇怪的，疯狂的( eccentric; unconventional)【记】 和queen(女王)一起记【例】 What a queer story. adj. 行为古怪的, 不合传统的【记】que缺, er耳: 缺了一个耳朵－古怪的

单词	queer
音标	[kwiə]
解释	adj. 奇怪的，疯狂的
红宝书	【英】 adj.奇怪的，疯狂的( eccentric; unconventional) 【记】和queen(女王)一起记【例】 What a queer story.
字源	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 turn, twist, wind" (see thwart (adv.)). Sense of "homosexual" first recorded 1922; the noun in this sense is 1935, from the adjective. Related: Queerly. Queer studies as an academic discipline attested from 1994. 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)). These wanderers, and those who are still seen occasionally in the back streets of the metropolis, are said to 'go a-pitching ;' the spot they select for their performance is their 'pitch,' and any interruption of their feats, such as an accident, or the interference of a policeman, is said to 'queer the pitch,'--in other words, to spoil it. [Thomas Frost, "Circus Life and Circus Celebrities," London, 1875]
不择手段背单词	adj. 行为古怪的, 不合传统的【记】que缺, er耳: 缺了一个耳朵－古怪的
趣味全助记	【记】音：奇异啊,qu=q, ee=i

Queer German Adj Oblique Sense Related Pitch Kwiə