Peer
[pɪə] or [pɪr]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a person who is of equal standing with another in a group.
(noun.) a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage.
(verb.) look searchingly; 'We peered into the back of the shop to see whether a salesman was around'.
手打:斯坦--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. i.) To come in sight; to appear.
(v. i.) To look narrowly or curiously or intently; to peep; as, the peering day.
(n.) One of the same rank, quality, endowments, character, etc.; an equal; a match; a mate.
(n.) A comrade; a companion; a fellow; an associate.
(n.) A nobleman; a member of one of the five degrees of the British nobility, namely, duke, marquis, earl, viscount, baron; as, a peer of the realm.
(v. t.) To make equal in rank.
(v. t.) To be, or to assume to be, equal.
尤金校對
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Equal, mate, match, compeer.[2]. Companion, associate, fellow, comrade.[3]. Nobleman, lord.
v. n. Peep, pry, look closely or narrowly.
卡蜜拉整理
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Mate, equal, compeer
ANT:{One_unequal_in_rank}, {state_or_condition}
SYN:Peep, pry, look_narrowly
丹尼校對
解釋/意思:
v.i. to look narrowly or closely: to peep: to appear:—pa.t. and pa.p. peered.—adj. Peer′y prying sly.
n. an equal in rank ability character &c.: an associate: a nobleman: a member of the House of Lords:—fem. Peer′ess.—n. Peer′age the rank or dignity of a peer: the body of peers: a book containing a description of the history connections &c. of the different peers.—adj. Peer′less having no peer or equal: matchless.—adv. Peer′lessly.—n. Peer′lessness.—House of Peers the House of Lords; Spiritual peer one of the bishops or archbishops qualified to sit as members of the House of Lords; Temporal peer one of the members of the House of Lords other than the bishops.
卡洛斯錄入
例句/造句/用法:
- And he struck the Peer twice over the face with his open hand and flung him bleeding to the ground. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- He might have been a Peer if he had played his cards better. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- He was a peer of France, and certainly one of the best bred and most imposingly respectable men I ever had the good fortune to meet with. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- May I ask if you expect some man of title--some peer of the realm--to demand your hand? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Then I raised myself to the top of the outer wall of the prison, just so that I could peer over and locate the passing sentry. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- There was scarce one of the ladies that hadn't a relation a Peer, though the husband might be a drysalter in the City. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- He has not his peer, she thought. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- They were rather on the level of the great land-owning dukes and peers of France and England. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Mr Venus, always in exceedingly low spirits and making whimpering sounds, peers about for the stuffed canary. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Even in good men there is such an irregular wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- An ample estate was allotted to them, and they took the first rank among the peers of Great Britain. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Twelve cannon cast by Louis VII were named after the twelve peers of France, and Charles V gave twelve others the names of the twelve apostles. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Did you never observe how the mind of a clever rogue peers out of his eyes, and the more clearly he sees, the more evil he does? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Philip was a king after the old pattern, a leader-king, first among his peers, of the ancient Nordic Aryan type. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- She turned out the wall-lights, and peered at herself between the candle-flames. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- On, on they came until Kerchak himself slunk stealthily to the very door and peered within. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- The brilliantly lighted apartments of the first floor told me where first to seek, and advancing to the windows I peered within. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- I ran across the heath and peered through the trees. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Mr. Philander rolled over upon his side and peered about. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Were you looking for me,' he said, 'when you peered in at the window? 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- I lay upon my face and peered over with the spray spouting up all around me. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- Suddenly Mrs Crich came noiselessly into the room, peering about with her strong, clear face. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Musgrave still stood with a very pale face, swinging his lantern and peering down into the hole. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- All right, shouted Maurice, who, lying flat on his stomach, was peering over. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- I therefore drew near and discovered that the possessor of the peering face was none other than Sab Than. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- At the same instant the sun shot above the horizon, disclosing a hundred grim, black faces peering over the stern of the battleship upon us. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- In the middle of it was the black figure of the secretary, his head advanced, peering out into the night. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- It grew broader, and a woman appeared with a lamp in her hand, which she held above her head, pushing her face forward and peering at us. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
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