单词 | leer |
释义 | leer1[ leer ] / lɪər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR leer ON THESAURUS.COM verb (used without object)to look with a sideways or oblique glance, especially suggestive of lascivious interest or sly and malicious intention: I can't concentrate with you leering at me. nouna lascivious or sly look. Origin of leer11520–30; perhaps v. use of obsolete leer cheek (Middle English leor,Old English hlēor; cognate with Old Norse hlȳr (plural)) OTHER WORDS FROM leerleer·ing·ly, adverbWords nearby leerLeeds, Leeds Castle, lee gauge, leek, leek-green, leer, Lee, Robert E., leery, lees, Leesburg, lee shore Definition for leer (2 of 2)leer2 [ leer ] / lɪər / adjective British Dialect.having no burden or load. faint for lack of food; hungry. Origin of leer2before 1050; Middle English lere,Old English gelǣr; cognate with German leer empty Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for leerBritish Dictionary definitions for leerleer / (lɪə) / verb(intr) to give an oblique, sneering, or suggestive look or grin nounsuch a look Derived forms of leerleering, adjective, nounleeringly, adverbWord Origin for leerC16: perhaps verbal use of obsolete leer cheek, from Old English hlēor Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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