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Q0025800 (kwîr)adj. queer·er, queer·est 1. a. Deviating from what is expected or normal; strange: "The light above his head made a queer reflection of himself in the glowing wineglass" (Carson McCullers).b. Odd or unconventional, as in behavior; eccentric: "His mother is very queer, with witchy hair and mismatched shoes" (Caroline Preston).c. Of a questionable nature or character; suspicious: thought there was something queer about his explanation.2. a. Offensive Slang Gay or lesbian.b. Usage Problem Of or relating to lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, or transgender people.3. Feeling slightly ill, as in being dizzy or queasy.n.1. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a gay man or a lesbian.2. Usage Problem A lesbian, gay male, bisexual, or transgender person.tr.v. queered, queer·ing, queers Slang To ruin or thwart: "might try to queer the Games with anything from troop movements ... to a bomb attack" (Newsweek).

[Perhaps from Low German, oblique, off-center, from Middle Low German dwer; see terk^w- in Indo-European roots.]

queer′ish adj.queer′ly adv.queer′ness n.Usage Note: A reclaimed word is a word that was formerly used solely as a slur but that has been semantically overturned by members of the maligned group, who use it as a term of defiant pride. Queer is an example of a word undergoing this process. For decades queer was used as a derogatory adjective for gays and lesbians, but in the 1980s the term began to be used by gay and lesbian activists as a term of self-identification. Eventually, it came to be used as an umbrella term that included gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender people. Nevertheless, a sizable percentage of people to whom this term might apply still hold queer to be a hateful insult, and its use by heterosexuals is often considered offensive. Similarly, other reclaimed words are usually offensive to the in-group when used by outsiders, so caution must be taken with their use when one is not a member of the group.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	queerness - a strange attitude or habitquirk, quirkiness, oddity, crotchetstrangeness, unfamiliarity - unusualness as a consequence of not being well known
	2.	queerness - a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sexgayness, homoeroticism, homosexualism, homosexualitysex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice - activities associated with sexual intercourse; "they had sex in the back seat"sexual inversion, inversion - a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sexlesbianism, sapphism - female homosexualitypaederasty, pederasty - sexual relations between a man and a boy (usually anal intercourse with the boy as a passive partner)

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奇怪

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(kwiə) adjective1. odd, strange or unusual. queer behaviour; queer noises in the middle of the night.奇怪的2. sick; unwell. I do feel a bit queer – perhaps I ate too many oysters.不舒服的3. (slang) homosexual. （俚）同性恋的 noun a homosexual. 同性恋者ˈqueerly adverb奇怪地ˈqueerness noun奇怪

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noun a strange attitude or habit

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noun a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex

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