| 单词 | queer |
| 释义 | queer (once / 196 pages) 1adj 2adjn 3v Queer originally just meant "weird," but it's unfortunately evolved into an offensive term for "homosexual." Like many words, queer has many meanings. One is "odd," as in "I feel kind of queer today." The other is "gay." Calling someone queer is a slur: it has about the same meaning and level of offensiveness as fag. As a verb, queering can mean to endanger or expose to risk, and also to hinder, thwart, foil, or baffle. As usual, you can figure out which meaning of queer someone intends by the other words around it. WORD FAMILYqueer: queered, queerer, queerest, queering, queerly, queerness, queers+/queerness: queernesses USAGE EXAMPLESIt was not coming from women, people of colour, or queer people organising for their civil rights, on campus or elsewhere. The Guardian(Nov 30, 2016) This was just another day on the internet, where people – disproportionately women, people of color and queer people – are harassed, abused, bullied, intimidated and threatened. The Guardian(Nov 22, 2016) It will be motivating and fortifying to see queer and trans artists respond to tyrannical opposition. The Guardian(Nov 18, 2016) 1 adj beyond or deviating from the usual or expected 2something definitely queer about this town Syn curious, funny, odd, peculiar, rum, rummy, singular strange, unusual being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird 1adj homosexual or arousing homosexual desires Syn gay, homophile homosexual sexually attracted to members of your own sex 2n offensive term for an openly homosexual man 3Hyper gay man, shirtlifter a homosexual man 1v hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of Syn|Hypo|Hyper baffle, bilk, cross, foil, frustrate, scotch, spoil, thwart disappoint, let down fail to meet the hopes or expectations of dashdestroy or break short-circuithamper the progress of; impede ruindestroy or cause to fail betray, faildisappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake come short, fall shortfail to meet (expectations or standards) disenchant, disillusionfree from enchantment undocause the ruin or downfall of breakcause the failure or ruin of shipwreckruin utterly forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent keep from happening or arising; make impossible 2v put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position Syn|Hypo|Hyper endanger, expose, peril, scupper compromise expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on have an effect upon |
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