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单词 queerly
释义
queerqueer1 /kwɪə $ kwɪr/ adjective Word Origin
WORD ORIGINqueer1
Origin:
1500-1600 Perhaps from German quer ‘going across’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • a queer sound
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • And she thought, with a queer aching, must we part again so soon?
  • Did you run across that queer sort Of legend about a wild goose?
  • Hand flying to mouth, she gave a queer, trembly laugh and looked at her children.
  • I mean, he's respected me in a queer way.
  • It was queer, how well she still knew him.
  • There's been queer goings on with her and nursemaids.
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 crazyqueerly adverb:  Sue looked at him queerly.
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