| 单词 | queer |
| 释义 | queer I. 1. a. < deep fireplaces and queer andirons — Austin Dobson > < spoke in a queer, kindly, foreign voice — Alan Tomkins > < queer bird rustlings and cries in the trees lull me to sleep — S.P.B.Mais > b. (1) < a likable but somewhat queer folk — R.H.Shryock > < individuals who do not follow this routine are regarded as queer — Ralph Linton > < looked like a gentleman, though he was as queer a duck as you could meet — Mary McCarthy > < regarded him as a foreigner, and a queer fish — Nevil Shute > (2) c. < seems to be queer for these early-morning conferences — Budd Schulberg > < queer on the subject of first editions > < queer about the circus > d. slang 2. a. slang < queer money > b. < a queer transaction > < queer goings-on > 3. < gave her a queer sensation to think of standing in that room again — J.C.Powys > 4. Scotland < told his queerest stories — Robert Burns > Synonyms: see strange II. III. 1. < bad weather queered our plans > : jeopardize, harm, disrupt < the old man may have queered his own promotion — J.A.Michener > < the spring lock had snapped, queering his exit — Time > < blurring of focus and muddled misdirection of attention: consequences of queering one discipline with the habits of another — F.R.Leavis > 2. < queered himself with the authorities by his lack of cooperation > < the giving of such perquisites, the exercise of such influence, queers the profession — Virginia Woolf > • - queer one's pitch IV. 1. slang 2. slang < jailed for passing the queer > |
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